The City of Monticello, Iowa

 

RESOLUTION #2023-178 

Authorizing the Police Department to purchase a police vehicle

WHEREAS, The Monticello Police Department has a rotation to replace vehicles in the Department, and

WHEREAS, The City Council adopted Resolution 2022-126 on October 24, 2022 authorizing Police Chief Britt Smith to order a patrol vehicle from Stiver’s Ford in Waukee, Iowa, who held the State bid contract. They had multiple units on order that Stiver advised would be available on or just before July 2023, with a purchase price for a new hybrid vehicle was $45,496, and

WHEREAS, Stiver’s Ford in Waukee, Iowa has advised Police Chief Britt Smith that the earliest delivery date will now be May or June in 2024, and

WHEREAS, Police Chief Britt Smith located a patrol vehicle at Karl’s Chevrolet in Ankeny, Iowa for $40,880.  This vehicle is not a hybrid., and

WHEREAS, The Police Chief will cancel the order with Stiver’s Ford in Waukee, Iowa for the hybrid vehicle in the amount of $42,358 and purchase the patrol vehicle from Karl’s Chevrolet in Ankeny, Iowa in the amount of $40,880, and

WHEREAS, The City maintains an Equipment Set-a-Side, that the Council approves to transfer funds each year for the purchase of a new police vehicle. With the Fiscal Year 2023 transfer and the proposed Fiscal Year 2024 transfer, there would be enough to purchase the vehicle from the set-a-side funds, and

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council has reviewed the proposed vehicle request and does hereby approve of the Police Chief to work with Karl’s Chevrolet  and to cancel the order with Stiver’s Ford for a new patrol vehicle.

IN THE TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal for the City of Monticello, Iowa to be affixed.  Done this 4^th  day of December, 2023.

David Goedken, Mayor 

Attest:

Sally Hinrichsen, City Clerk/Treasurer