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Finance Committee - Minutes - 8/3/2016 - P19

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Document Date
Wed, 08/03/2016 - 00:00
Meeting Description
Finance Committee
Document Type
Minutes
Meeting Date
Wed, 08/03/2016 - 00:00
Page Number
19
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Finance Committee Page 19
August 3, 2016

still accomplishing tasks. Even the aggregate number of miles over the 2 % years of solid data that we have in
front of us indicate that there’s not a huge amount of mileage. The total amount of miles accumulate is
uncertain at best. It may very well be worthwhile to use. It may be the case that getting a new vehicle allows
us to do things that we are doing by alternate means by putting miles on other vehicles. | don’t know. That’s
not in front of me. All | Know is there’s a certain reimbursement rate we can use and based on what | am
seeing in front of me, it would be better to go that way. That’s all | Know based on what is in front of me.

Director Bagley

| want to comment on the fact of the low mileage is because there was a choice made not to drive the vehicle
because the vehicle was unreliable and deemed to be unsafe and so it wasn’t driven. That’s why the mileage
is so low.

Vice Chairman Cookson

Which | think is why it is important to understand what miles gage was driven when this vehicle wasn’t used.
That would help us better understand what sort of expectation you are putting on your employees to
accomplish the jobs that they need to accomplish. Similar to Alderman Siegel, we can only go with the data
we have in front of us. The pictures and this information, the historical records, certainly broadened our
perspective more than we had at the last meeting. It helps us better understand to Alderman Siegel’s
comment, you shouldn't be driving this car. | don’t think there’s any question that everybody on this committee
agrees to that point, but | need more information. It helps me make a better decision based on due diligence.

Ms. Peek
| was hoping to drop our mileage line in the budget by getting these cars, both of these replacement cars. |
was also hoping to significantly reduce our vehicle repair line as well. DPW is very good to us. They really

don’t charge us much more than parts. It’s hard to gage some of these things. | was looking at reducing
those two lines by replacing these two vehicles.

Alderman O’Brien

Just an observation, looking at the rust on this vehicle, one could probably ask how does it happen. It’s a no-
brainer to those of us that live in the rustbelt here that we call New England. The amount of road salt we put
on our roads and the city, things are going to rust. Is there anything in your budget to help out these vehicles?
The $8 car wash with the undercarriage spray or is there no money for that?

Ms. Peek

We do have a miscellaneous line that we did used to use for regular car washes when they were new, when
they were worthy of it. When this car, particularly, stopped being reliable, we just kind of used it only when
necessary.

Alderman O’Brien

| would suggest, and | would be sportive maybe in the next budget, to look at that. It makes prudent sense that
if we’re going to supply vehicles to you that they are properly maintained. | know you don’t have a place to
park them, but if you use our Elm Street Parking Garage undercover.

Ms. Peek

They are.

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Finance Committee - Minutes - 8/3/2016 - P19

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