Finance Committee Page 18
August 3, 2016
Alderman Clemons
At $25,080; at .57 cents per mile the break-even point would be 44,000 miles. The Ford Taurus had 80,000 on
it at the end of its life with the city so you could say that the cost that we are paying is for about half of the life
of the vehicle if we assume that we will get similar use out of the new Fusion. The question then becomes
what about maintenance. | assume that these come with a manufacturer's warranty?
Ms. Peek
| would assume so as well.
Alderman Clemons
Is that 36 or 60?
Mr. Kooken
It is three years or 36,000.
Alderman Clemons
Does that cover the hybrid battery?
Mr. Kooken
It covers it.
Alderman Clemons
Have we had good luck with our other hybrids?
Mr. Kooken
Yes, we have two of them in parking enforcement and | did check on the city service on those. They are both
2015 vehicles. One was at 25,000 miles and one was at 21,000 miles and there were a couple of small recalls
that were fixed under warranty and no other issues at all.
Alderman Clemons
My background is auto sales and the 2002 domestic vehicles are; that wasn’t a very proud time of auto
manufacturing in the United States however the Ford Fusion has a very good reputation. | think it’s an upfront
investment that is going to pay for itself over the second half of the lifespan of the vehicle. While we may save
money in the short run, | think in the long run we are better off to buy the vehicle.
Alderman Siegel
| wouldn’t even be having this discussion at this point if | didn’t see the odometer readings and calculated out
the yearly mileage usage so yes, you can say at .57 cents per mile we get “X” number of miles given the
purchase and even throwing away the maintenance and everything like that. It’s just that we aren’t putting that
many miles on the car, that’s my point. | agree that the car needs to be scrapped. We shouldn’t have people
driving that car.
| don’t think there’s anyone on this committee that says that car is fine. That’s not the issue. There seems to
be a situation where somehow we’ve managed to not even be driving this vehicle during periods of time but
