Council reviews fleet and technology replacement funds; city to re-evaluate $2.5M technology placeholder

Staff presented the replacement funds overview, explaining a new fleet-replacement formula (age, maintenance cost and vehicle life) and placeholders for two new fire trucks and vehicles for additional public-works staff. Bertha said part of the fleet funding (about $4.2 million) is coming from a debt-service fund balance and that one Sienna reimbursement for a fire truck will fall into FY2028 based on required notice timing.

On technology, staff proposed that the technology-replacement line-item estimate of $2.5 million was overstated and should be reduced to $1.5 million after re-evaluation; licensing and service-agreement spending remains in the general fund. Council asked for an accounting-package forecast and for staff to re-form the IT prioritization committee to vet requests and returned to the need to preserve continuity of communications and IT leadership.