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2 <br />With regard to County owned vehicles and equipment, the County has historically funded those <br />through its ten year Capital Investment Plan (CIP). Examples of the types of purchases made <br />with annually appropriated monies include replacement of some portion of the Sheriffs vehicle <br />fleet and Emergency Services vehicles, including ambulances, as well as replacement of other <br />County department vehicles and major equipment (not including Information Technology-related <br />equipment). <br />As a complement to the County's Environmental Responsibility Goal and energy conservation <br />measures, staff is currently updating the Vehicle Replacement Standards to ensure that future <br />vehicle purchases are in accordance with Board adopted goals and policies, Over the next <br />months, staff will work with individual departments to explore various options for meeting <br />departmental equipment and vehicle needs, The Manager will approve all individual vehicle <br />and equipment purchases before the items are ordered. At this time, staff anticipates the <br />need to pursue funding arrangements that include athirty-six month period and another for a <br />period of fifty-nine months, The life expectancy and cost of the equipment or vehicle would <br />determine the length of financing, <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The first two pages of Attachment 1 of this abstract, summarize the <br />annual appropriation for each Board approved capital project ordinance for the current fiscal <br />year, Individual capital project ordinances (included in Attachment 1) provide additional funding <br />details related to each project's funding source along with expenditure budget details, <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of County <br />Commissioners approve the attached County Capital Project Ordinances. <br />