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ORONO POLICE DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: December 14, 2015 Item No: 9 ______________________________________________________________________________ Department Approval: Administrator Reviewed: Agenda Section: Name: Correy Farniok JML Public Safety Title: Police Chief ______________________________________________________________________________ Item Description: Authorization to Purchase 2016 Squad Cars ______________________________________________________________________________ DISCUSSION: The police department has budgeted for the replacement of four vehicles in 2016 and is requesting to replace these vehicles in the next several months. The police department is requesting to order three 2016 Dodge Police Charger AWD and a Dodge Ram Pickup. The order for these vehicles would need to be placed prior to the March 2016 cutoff, because placing an order prior to the deadline allows the department to build the police vehicle with options specifically needed by the police department and guarantees contract pricing. Vehicles purchased after March 2016 are limited to stock on hand by individual dealerships; specific options and colors may be difficult to get and pricing is subject to change by the dealership. We would like to place the order prior to January to ensure delivery by April. The state bid for the Dodge Charger AWD is $25,700.00 plus tax, registration and other miscellaneous fees. The state bid for the Dodge Ram Pickup is $26,141.00 plus tax, registration and other miscellaneous fees. Once the vehicle order is placed, delivery is 6-10 weeks. Set-up of these vehicles (lights, emergency equipment, etc.) can be from 3-4 weeks depending on availability of equipment and the vendor. These purchases would replace a 2012 Dodge Charger #227 currently with 84,000 miles, a 2012 Dodge Charger #228 with 86,500 miles, a 2012 Dodge Charger #229 with 77,000 miles, a 2008 Chevy Equinox #853 with 45,000, and a 2005 Chevy Colorado (Pickup) #846 with 99,000 miles currently in our fleet. These vehicles are projected to have 95,000 to 100,000+ miles in May/June for three of the vehicles and August/September for the last vehicle, plus several thousand idle hours, when delivery and set up is expected to be completed. All of these vehicles are currently being used and will continue to be used until they are to be replaced. The Chevy Equinox and Chevy Colorado are both used by investigations and both of these vehicles would be replaced by the Dodge Ram Pickup.