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. , RE'G�LAR PIEETING OF THE ORONO COUNCIL, JANUARY 9 , 1978 Page 20 Dick Benson, City Administrator, presented the SQUADCARS STATUS City Council a memo fro� Melvin. Kilbo, Chief of Police, dated January 5, 1978, which states: With the schedule used in 1977, we had one patrolMan on days and up to three men from 5 :00 P.Pi. to 03: 00 A. M. then one man until 06 : 00 A. t•i. Even under this schedule, we had many days when the department had only one car available at certain times because of necessary repair and maintenance work being done by outside agencies. Under the schedule effective January 1, 1978 with two additional men, it will give the department two men on each shift at least four days out of a week. This is certainly going to require that we have two squadcars available for those shifts for the maximum use of manpower. I am scheduling the new men to work during the middle of the week and on the weekends. This a�dition of new men will certainly cut our response time down. Also, the addition of another city to the contract has reduced the cost to the City of Orono and will provide more effective police protection in calendar year 1978. We had nine men working around the clock using five squadcars. In 1977, we logged 167, 182 miles in our partol. 1973 Chevrolet - #119 - 1,451 traded on March 1, 1977 1975 Dodge - �121 - 3,638 traded on tiarch 1, 1977 1975 Dodge - #122 - 23,218 1976 Dodge - �123 - 23, 763 totaled in accident October 13, 1977 1976 Dodge - #124 - 38, 796 1977 Plymouth - #125 - 40,981 acquired on PZarch 1, 1977 1977 Plymouth - #126 - 35, 335 acquired on March 1, 1977 The average miles per unit (167,182 divided by five) in 1977 is 33, 400 miles. Applying these figures to January l, 1978 mileage totals will give us a picture of expected totals for January 1, 1979 for trade at that date. 1975 Dodge - #122 103,300+ this unit will have to be traded. Coronet 1976 Dodge - #124 Trade-in on February 1, 1978 r2onaco 1977 Plymouth - #125 74, 381 This unit will have to be traded. 1977 Plymouth - #126 69 ,735 (Continued)