This agenda item, if approved, authorizes the purchase of 57 Police Interceptors, which is essentially replacing all patrol vehicles with new patrol cars. The deadline to order police vehicles is June 21, 2021. The purchase price for 57 vehicles is $4,655,760 ($81,680 each). The funds that the City deems as lost revenue under the federal ARPA program may be used just like any other general fund revenue, which is at the City's discretion. While the final lost revenue determination will occur following the final Treasury guidance, it is believed that given current guidance and calculations, there will be sufficient revenue to cover this order. The purchase is through the State of Washington contract vehicle purchasing system and is current state bid pricing.
This is the minimum number of vehicles required to return to a shared fleet patrol vehicle program. The City is currently in the collective bargaining process, and changes to the patrol vehicle program are subject to final bargaining. |