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I <br />SHERIFF JOYCE STATED THAT IT DID BECAUSE THEY SOLD 3 THE <br />OTHER DAY THAT WERE DEMOLISHED AND GOT $600 FOR THEM AND HAVE ONE <br />WRECKED CAR: SO, THEY ARE ASKING FOR 14 NEW ONES WITH 9 TRADE-INS. <br />THEY HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO FOR BACK-UP CARS. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS' QUESTIONS WERE CONCERNED WITH THE <br />EXPENSE OF OPERATING THE CARS AT TODAY'S COSTS. HE WISHED TO <br />ASCERTAIN THE GAS MILEAGE ON THE CARS CURRENTLY BEING OPERATED AND <br />STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE THE SHERIFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE POSSI- <br />BILITY OF GOING INTO LEASING OF SOME FUEL EFFICIENT CARS AS A TRIAL <br />TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD WORK OUT IN HIS OPERATION. COMMISSIONER LYONS <br />FELT THERE HAS BEEN A TREND IN SURROUNDING COUNTIES TOWARDS MORE <br />FUEL EFFICIENT CARS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OPERATION AND ALSO BELIEVED <br />THAT STATISTICS MAY SHOW THERE IS FALSE ECONOMY IN RUNNING THE <br />SHERIFF'S CARS MORE THAN TWO YEARS BECAUSE IN THE THIRD YEAR THE <br />COST OF MAINTENANCE IS SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF 7-10 TIMES THE <br />FIRST YEAR'S MAINTENANCE. HE FELT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT WOULD <br />BE VERY GLAD TO GET UP SOME PRELIMINARY FIGURES ON LEASING. <br />SHERIFF JOYCE STATED THAT ALL OF HIS PROCESS SERVERS.- <br />INVESTIGATORS, <br />ERVERS, <br />INVESTIGATORS, AND YOUTH AID PEOPLE ARE DRIVING SIX CYLINDER AUTO- <br />MOBILES, AND HE DID NOT SEE ANY SAVING BETWEEN 6 CYLINDER AND 8 <br />CYLINDER AND FELT THEY ARE FALSE ECONOMY. THE SHERIFF STATED THAT <br />HE DROVE ONE OF THE SMALL CARS TO TALLAHASSEE, NEVER EXCEEDED 55 MPH, <br />AND ALTHOUGH THE CAR HAD A STICKER CLAIMING 27 MPH, HE AVERAGED 15. <br />HE STATED THAT AN AUTOMATIC V-8'WHEN LOADED WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 12 <br />MPH. HE CONTINUED THAT THE CITY LEASES SOME SMALL CARS, BUT HE <br />FELT THEY ARE NOT SAFE IN AN OPERATION SUCH AS HIS AND THAT THEIR <br />UPKEEP RUNS JUST AS MUCH OR MORE THAN THE LARGER CARS, ESPECIALLY <br />IF YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE BEHIND THE WHEEL. SHERIFF JOYCE EXPLAINED <br />THAT HE TRIED TO GIVE EACH MAN AN AUTOMOBILE, AND THEY WILL GO <br />THREE YEARS THAT WAY. WITH TWO PEOPLE, THEY WILL ONLY LAST 15 MONTHS. <br />HE FELT WITH LEASED CARS, UNLESS YOU SPECIFY HEAVY DUTY, YOU WOULD <br />BE LUCKY TO GET SEVEN MONTHS. SHERIFF JOYCE POINTED OUT THAT CARS <br />13 <br />JUN 251900 <br />BOOK 43 PAGE.862 <br />