Vote — approved

Clint Hickman	yes
Jack Sellers	yes
Thomas Galvin	yes
Bill Gates	yes
Steve Gallardo	yes

Ayes: Clint Hickman, Jack Sellers, Thomas Galvin, Bill Gates, Steve Gallardo

Item Text

55. PERMANENT ADDITION TO THE FLEET Approve a permanent addition to the fleet of one Ford Explorer Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) to be used by the Judicial Branch Security Department (JBSD). As the number off-campus events attended by the Bench and Senior Court Administrators has continued to increase, JBSD has a need for an additional vehicle. Sufficient funding has been identified to purchase the required vehicle. The estimated cost is $55,000.00 which includes taxes and onboarding costs. As a permanent addition to the County vehicle fleet, the Judicial Branch is requesting that future replacements be addressed by County Equipment Services through established policies and procedures. Each off-campus event requires the use of two (2) County vehicles to carry security equipment/safety tools such as TASERs, AED, shelter-in-place kits, radios and other equipment. Also, the vehicles are always pre-staged for emergency egress from the site, if shelter-in-place is not available. For these reasons, it is critical to have Security Officers attend off-campus events in official Branch vehicles, and we’ve struggled to accommodate this with our existing fleet. Funding for this purchase will come from the first quarter savings from payroll differentials budgeted for improving security services. Delays have resulted in no use of the $300,000 provided for differentials in the first quarter. (C-80-24-010-X-00)