City of Oak Creek

Common Council Report

Meeting Date: January 16, 2007

Item No.:        

Recommendation:  That the Common Council approve the Police Department’s purchase of one (1) 2007 Chevrolet Uplander mini van, unmarked police vehicle in the amount of $15,791 to replace a squad that was involved in an accident and determined to be a total loss.

Background: On November 28, 2006, one of the Police Department’s squads was involved in an accident. The vehicle was inspected by CVMIC’s auto insurance company (Lexington Insurance), who declared it as a total loss with a value of $20,000. However, due to the $5,000 deductible, Lexington’s actual payout was $15,076. This 2002 unmarked squad had 53,056 miles on it. It was not scheduled for replacement until 2008.  

It is our intention to rotate a detective unmarked Crown Victoria into the operations fleet as the replacement unmarked squad. The van will replace the rotated unmarked detective vehicle, which had been something the Detective Bureau had considered for some time because of its multi-use functionality.

The cost of the replacement vehicle will be $15,791. This is based on the Value Bid which was awarded to Holz Motors Commercial. Copies of the bid specification are attached.

Fiscal Impact:  The cost of the replacement vehicle ($15,791) will be taken out of the Police Department’s 2007 police vehicles budget line item #60490, with settlement monies being placed in the City’s Insurance Recovery Account to offset this expense.

	Respectfully submitted, Patrick DeGrave City Administrator
Prepared by: William W. Wilson Operations Captain
Approved by: Thomas P. Bauer Chief of Police	Fiscal Review by: Beverly A. Buretta, CMC City Clerk