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Staff Report for a Resolution Authorizing a Pilot Lease/Purchase Program for Police Fleet Vehicles
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the resolution authorizing the leasing of police vehicles through a municipal lease program for FY 2013-14. The resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute the lease purchase agreement and other documents necessary to finance the acquisition.
BACKGROUND
The San Leandro Police Department operates 53 vehicles throughout all of the department's divisions. Every year, funds are allocated for the purchase of replacement vehicles based on a designated replacement cycle. In addition, the City purchases and stores additional replacement vehicles (between 4 to 7 vehicles), in the event a vehicle needs immediate replacement. Purchased vehicles are stored at the City Corporation Yard until brought into service. Using this method has kept an inventory of vehicles in stock for several years after their purchase date, which causes new vehicles to sit dormant for 3 to 4 years before the vehicle actually enters service. The City stores extra police vehicles due to the low number of police vehicles already in service, especially when a vehicle is taken out of service for an extended period of time or is rotated out of the fleet.
Prior to the economic downturn of several years ago, patrol vehicles were on a 3-year replacement cycle and sedans were replaced at 10 years. When operating budgets were reduced, the 3-year vehicle replacement cycle was amended to add two more years for both patrol vehicles and sedans, or 5 years and 12 years respectively. Both types of vehicles are now replaced at the end of their lifecycle and sometimes beyond their useful life. This means that Administrative/Criminal Investigations vehicles are replaced every 10 to 12 years and Patrol vehicles are replaced every 4 to 6 years. Since the institution of the expanded replacement schedule, ...
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