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Resolution to Approve the Purchase of Two Police Patrol Vehicles from Shaheen Chevrolet (State of Michigan $54,625.00)
Memorandum
The attached resolution authorizes the purchase of one 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol car at $25,604.00 and one 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe with Special Service Package at $29,021.00 for a total amount of $54,625.00 from Shaheen Chevrolet, Lansing, Michigan.
The City’s labor contracts with the Ann Arbor Police Officers Association and the Ann Arbor Police Supervisors require that vehicles used by their members will not be driven more than 80,000 miles or 6 years, whichever comes first. The two police patrol vehicles listed on this resolution will replace police patrol vehicles that will have reached the 80,000 miles or 6-year age limit in the next year.
On February 22, 2011, Council approved resolution R-11-069 for the purchase of five Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptors. At that time, City Administrator Roger Fraser stated that the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor was going out of production and that the City may elect to purchase four of the Fords and come back with a resolution to purchase the fifth vehicle as the new Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol car.
The Police Department is currently evaluating a Dodge Charger Police Patrol car. The purchase of this Chevrolet Caprice and a future purchase of Ford’s replacement police sedan, when available, will allow the Police Department to determine the best vehicle to be used for replacement of its current fleet of Ford Crown Victoria’s.
The Chevrolet Tahoe will replace the patrol command unit, also a Tahoe, which will have reached its 80,000 miles limit in the next year.
Emissions information on the www.fueleconomy.gov
web site for large sport utility vehicles was not available but using the same engine in a ½ ton pickup truck showed that the Chevrolet Tahoe produced the lowest amount of greenhouse gas emissions and had the highest fu...
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