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<br />Item No:8H <br />Meeting Date: August 27 2018 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review : ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Nate Harder, Chief of Police <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 9009 Approving the Purchase of Three 2019 <br />Ford Police Interceptor Utility Vehicles and Setup costs <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The police department has recently had one of our patrol vehicles totaled and is in need <br />to be replaced immediately. Two marked squads are budgeted for 2019 for <br />replacement and can be ordered now for delivery in January 2019, all three which <br />would be 2018 prices. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The department is requesting to purchase one 2019 Ford Police Interceptor Utility <br />vehicle to replace a recently wrecked police interceptor, and two vehicles for <br />replacement in the 2019 budget. Prices for squad vehicles are predicted to go up 4-7 <br />thousand dollars in 2019 and ordering them now but not taking delivery or invoice until <br />2019 would allow the vehicles to arrive immediately in 2019 and possibly save money. <br /> <br />The Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicle is offered at the state contract price of <br />$ 27,363.45 from Hibbing Ford. The equipment setup costs and graphics installation for <br />one vehicle will be an estimated total of $14,000.00. Additional equipment items that <br />are budgeted for are a new radio for, $ 3,800.00, a new radar for $ 3,000.00 and an in- <br />car-camera system for, $ 5,500.00. The total for the two new squads for equipment and <br />setup will be up to $25,000. The vehicle that will be replaced immediately will have as <br />much of the equipment salvaged from the wrecked patrol vehicle and will cost up to <br />$6000 to set up. <br /> <br />The total purchasing cost and setup for the immediately purchased squad will be <br />approximately $33,363.45. The cost for the 2019 replacement vehicles will be <br />$79,726.90 (Fund 460 Department 4200 Account 7040). <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends authorizing the purchase of three 2019 Ford Police Interceptor utility <br />vehicles including all additional equipment and setup costs. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />__________________ <br />Nate Harder <br />Chief of Police