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046 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Awe Item No. ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: MARCH 24, 1987 SUBJECT: SHERIFF VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS FOR 1987-88 DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S OFFICE,X501 TELEPHONE NUMBER: Hillsborough - 732-8181 Chapel Hill - 968-4501 Mebane - 227-2031 Durham - 688-7331 PURPOSE: To consider authorizing purchase of Sheriff vehicles requiring replacement in the 1987-88 budget year. BACI ;;ROUND: The Sheriff's Department currently has fifteen (15) vehicles that are, or will be over 100,000 miles prior to July 1, 1987. It has been proven that maintenance costs escalate on vehicles with mileage in excess of 100, 000 combined with the patrol use. For the past four years the County has ordered replacement Sheriff vehicles in advance of the new budget year (10 were ordered last year) in order to avoid the 5%-7% cost per vehicle increase imposed on the next year's model. Budgetary impact for 1987-88 would be $161,753.25 for the fifteen (15) vehicles. Delivery would be after July 1. Appropriation of funds would need to be included in the 1987- 88 budget. The Sheriff will be providing a proposal, under separate cover, to install a take-home vehicle fleet. Another 6 vehicles would be required for implementation (in addition to the 15 and an added expenditure of $123,247) . Under present utilization sheriff vehicle usage is less than 2 years. The Sheriff believes this could be increased to a 5 year rotation with a cost savings over the five years of $118, 000. RECOMMENDATION(S) : 1. Approve the purchase of 15 replacement vehicles per General Statute 153A-13 which allows counties to enter contracts in one year to be funded in a succeeding year. 2 . Refer the take home proposal to the Manager for considera- tion as a budgetary request for 1987-88.