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INTEROFFICE NENO Oatai January 5, 1990 Toi CM»4 Kilbe FroMi Lt. ChMMick [R»i CSO/Polie« Vahid* h In 1989, a raquaat Mas mad* by th* Orona Poiic* D*partm*nt to th* Orono City Council ior p*rmission to purchas* a v*hicl* that could b* us*d by th* Community Servic* 0^fic*r* in animal cont-^ol and doubl* as a poiic* r*spons* v*nicl* to b* us*d in adv*rs* M*ath*r 4or a standard squad whan it Mould b* impractical or non-4unctioning du* to s*v*r* *^**^^*^ c®^9itions. Budg*tary considarations ior this vahicl* Mas approvad by th* city council and purchas* ior this typ* oi v*hicl* Mculd b* alloMad in 1990. On Thursday, January 4, 1990, you askad that I bagin looking ♦or a vahicl* that Mould maat thasa raquiramants basad on th* monias that mw-* availabl*. Aftar numareus inquirias oi car daalarships and th* Star and Tribun* n*Mspap*r, 1 mss abl* to locat* a 1986 Ford Bronco II Mith 66,000 milas on it. This unit Mas locatad at Autohaus oi Ninnaapolis, Inc., locatad at 7709 42nd Avanu* North, n*m Hop*, UN. 1 communicatod Mith a gantlaman by th* nama o-f Ira Rosan, phona 535-5707, part OMnar of this car daalarship, who told ma that th* vahicl* is a laaaa vahicl* takan in from a !••••• o" anothar n*M laasad vahicl*, that th* Bronco is 100*/. Marranty -for 30 days on parts and labor, and that ha Mould maka it availabl* to us for 47,590.00. I, along Mith CSO Kavin Walsh, M*nt to th* location and mad* a visual inspaction of th* vahicl*. I notad it to ba axtramaly claar and m*11 carad for, that th* driva train, body, and tiras Mar* in axcallant condition. Aftar complating tha inspaction, I *.;plainad to Mr. Rosan th* procadura that Mould hava to ba folloMad. Ha said that ha Mould ba intarastad anough in tha sal* to us to hold th* vahicl* until finalization through city council for approving tha purchas* could ba mad*. I than contactad Stava of Straichar Guns and raquastad a prica braak-dOMn of naadad aquipmant for this vahicl*. Stava told m* that tha itarns that I needed, although not brand neM, ar* demo models of equipment that has beer kept in th* shOM room to shoM to prospectiv* purchasers. This equipment is itemized in the folloMing listl Fad*r «l Stra.»t HaMk visibar -4V1'5 * * **nc I > **.*0 111 p bar sprat or — 4 'b