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1 <br />of Mounds View Staff <br />Item No: 8A <br />Meeting Date: January 28, 2013 <br />Type of Business: Consent Agenda <br />Administrator Review: _ <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Thomas Kinney, Chief of Police <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8047 for Authorization to Repair Damaged <br />Squad Cars <br />Introduction: <br />On January 11, 2013, two Mounds View Police squad cars sustained damage in two <br />separate motor vehicle accidents. <br />At 0545am, Mounds View officers responded to a multi -vehicle accident in the area of <br />County Road I and Silver Lake Rd. Due to some freezing rain conditions, the roadway <br />was extremely icy and while approaching the crash site, squad 131 slid into two of the <br />vehicles resulting in moderate damage to the left front and side areas of the squad car. <br />At 0643am, in the area of Mounds View Dr and Lake Ct dr, squad 085 was parked while <br />investigating another motor vehicle accident, when another motorist struck the left rear <br />of the squad car. Shortly afterwards, another vehicle struck that same motorist pushing <br />the first vehicle into the squad car for a secondary collision. <br />Due to the damages to squad 131 exceeding $5000, city council approval is required to <br />authorize the expenditure. <br />Discussion: <br />Damage estimates were received for each squad car with the following results: <br />2013 Ford Interceptor (131): <br />Blaine Auto- $8291.29 <br />Fairway Collision- $9032.65 <br />Tousley Ford Collision- $9313.43 <br />Graphics Repair- $421.09 <br />2008 Ford Crown Victoria (085): <br />Blaine Auto- $1418.54 <br />Fairway Collision- $2049.61 <br />Tousley Ford Collision- $1457.69 <br />Graphics Repair- $149.63 <br />