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*Item 3.5.* <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Stephen Rohlf, Building and Environmental Administrator <br />February23, 2004 ~ <br /> <br />Authorization to Purchase of Building and Environmental <br />Vehicle <br /> <br />The Building Environmental Department has five vehicles for the Building Inspectors and <br />one for environmental staff. Unimproved areas at constructions sites dictate a need for the <br />inspectors' vehicles to have good clearance and 4-wheel drive. Traditionally the inspectors' <br />vehicles have been 1/2 ton pickups, and the environmental staff vehicle has been a handed- <br />down squad car. The five inspectors' vehicles are kept for ten years by the Building <br />Department and then they are given to the Street Department. <br /> <br />At a recent fleet meeting, the Street Department indicated that this current arrangement <br />leaves them with more 1/2 ton pickups than they currently have a need for. Additionally, the <br />Building and Environmental Department has a need for a reliable vehicle that can <br />accommodate more than two people comfortably for going to seminars, etc. <br /> <br />Staff is recommending the purchase of a Ford Explorer to replace the Building Inspector <br />vehicle this rotation. The Explorer has the clearance and 4-wheel drive that is needed, four <br />doors and at a little less than $21,000. It is well within the amount the Department budgeted <br />for a new vehicle which was $24,000. The specifications from the State Bid for the Explorer <br />and other comparable vehicles are attached to this memo. <br /> <br /> <br />