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Fleet Replacement and Take-Home Vehicles

At a glance

  • What: review of the town's replacement criteria for 121 vehicles and the take-home policy for police vehicles.
  • Status: staff to bring tiered replacement lists and revised mileage criteria; the funding target is $500,000 a year.
  • Key points: 41 vehicles meet a replacement trigger (about $2.8 million); police replacement trigger is 6 years or 85,000 miles; a new police vehicle with equipment costs roughly $85,000 to $90,000.

(From auto-captions; names and numbers may be misheard.)

Log

  • 2026-08-22 - Town Council Retreat - Police chief explained take-home vehicles as operational readiness (35-mile limit); staff are examining longer lifespans, hybrid vehicles, surplus sales and fleet software (from auto-captions)
  • 2025-11-25 - Town Council Regular Meeting - Consent agenda, 7-0: Resolution 2025-414-0 authorizing surplus of a 2008 KME Predator LFD fire truck (Byron Hayes presenting).

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