Finance Committee Page 3
July 20, 2016
Alderman Caron
| agree with Alderman Wilshire that the mileage that is used on this is inner-city. That takes wear and tear.
When | see this letter, | am relying on my division director or department head to be giving us as much
information as they feel is appropriate. They are not just looking for a vehicle just for the sake of getting a new
vehicle. | think we have to remember that. | understand that sometimes more information helps you to move
that along, but | think that we also have to trust our division directors to do their due diligence to get that
information. When | see this vehicle is not worthy of going outside of the city then | don’t think that it is worthy
to be inside the city and we should be replacing that. Thank you.
Alderman Siegel
Again, there doesn’t seem to be a tremendous amount of time urgency. | think it’s certainly reasonable to take
a look at this. | understand Alderman Caron’s point, but in fact, everybody can have a different view point of
what it means to replace a vehicle. Director Bagley has just recently come on board. It might be the case that
something is on the CERF schedule so, oh, something is on the CERF schedule, so let’s just put it in under
normal circumstances under auto pilot, shall we say. Maybe yes, maybe no. | would trust but verify shall we
say?
Alderman O’Brien
Point of order, Mr. Mayor. My question would be in the point of order in the state house we sometimes divide a
question. Do we have to look at this in its entirety or can we divide it? Can we okay the Ford Taurus
replacement? Can we split the question?
Mayor Donchess
There’s no problem in dividing the question.
Mr. Kooken
Brakes and tires are, rough, $1,000. This vehicle that goes to auction would probably return somewhere
between $800 and $1,250. It does not have a high value. Can we get another period of time out of it by doing
the repair? Possibly. But they don’t take it out of town. They make some runs to Concord and they don’t’ use
that vehicle for that. Beyond that, | don’t have the dollar record.
Mayor Donchess
At this point the issue being raised is not whether we should refuse to make the purchase, it’s can we get more
information about the vehicle.
AMENDED MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL TO APPROVE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE 2002 FORD
TAURUS
ON THE QUESTION
We can debate the other one, but there doesn’t seem to be much controversy about the automobile that won’t
pass inspection.
Alderman O’Brien
Can we also amend the motion to have Director Bagley come forward with a presentation on the vehicle in
question? The Chevy Malibu.
