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APR 2 7 BOOK REQUEST BY SHERIFF WHEELER TO PURCHASE PATROL CARS The Board reviewed the following letter dated 4/23/93: Okerfff 89 F.,GF 373 GARY C. WHEELER • INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MEMBER FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION MEMBER OF NATIONAL SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION 4055 41st AVENUE VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960-1808 PHONE 407-569-6700 April 23, 1993 DISTRIBUTION LIST 2324 Commissioners Commissioners �_ 4 �,, Administrator Honorable Richard N. Bird Chairman APR 1993 Attorney tg Board of County Commissioners tR RECEIVED w Personnel LO Public Works 1840 25th Street BOARD COUNTY Community D Vero Beach, Florida 32960 COMMISSIONERS ti y ev. Utilities Dear Commissioner'Bird: ��Ql�9Finance 6 Other The purpose of this letter is to request immediate consideration on April 27, 1993, by the Board of Commissioners, for funding to replace a , portion of the Sheriff's Office vehicle fleet. Background: The Indian River County Sheriff's Office operates a vehicle fleet of 162 vehicles to support the varied law enforcement and corrections operations. The large majority of these vehicles are specially equipped automobiles operating in a law enforcement environment. This environment places high stress on vehicles not normally associated with commercial fleets. In these high stress environments, lives of law enforcement officers as well as lives of citizens depending on law enforcement responses require the safe, efficient operation of these vehicles. The Indian River County Sheriff's Office operates an efficient maintenance program for it's vehicle , fleet. However, even the best of maintenance programs are suspect with older, high mileage law enforcement vehicles when hidden metal fatigue and corrosion occurs on major vehicle systems. To insure the safe and efficient operation of the Indian River County Sheriff's Office fleet, approximately twenty to twenty five percent of the fleet should be replaced on an annual basis. A variety of parameters are considered on choosing vehicle replacement including condition, age, mileage, and maintenance history. Current Indian River County Sheriff's Office Fleet Status: Our new administration has found the. status of the Indian River County Sheriff's Office vehicle fleet to be alarming. While there was a regular fleet replacement program in the 19801s, no new vehicles have been purchased since the purchase of eighteen vehicles in 1990. We have vehicles in the fleet as old as 1979. Fifty nine vehicles have well over 100,000 miles. An additional 10 vehicles are scheduled to reach that figure this summer. Maintenance frequency and expenditures have reached beyond acceptable levels. Because of the lack of attention to this program, we estimate that by the end of this year, the vehicle replacement requirements will reach 83 vehicles. No funding was requested for the 1992-93 budget to address even stop gap purchases of vehicles. 22