LIVERMORE FALLS – Voters will be asked at a special town meeting Tuesday if they will authorize selectmen to buy a new police cruiser to replace one that has a blown transmission.
Three articles pertaining to the cruiser purchase are on the warrant for the meeting, which begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Town Office.
The first option asks if the town would allow selectmen to enter into a two-year lease agreement for a police cruiser and to take $10,000 from the police cruiser reserve and pay the remainder of the lease in the next fiscal year, Town Clerk Kristal Flagg said Friday.
A second option is to take the $10,000 from the reserve fund and pay the remainder from the town’s surplus account, Flagg said.
If voters take the first option, the 2005 Crown Victoria cruiser would cost $21,812. That amount would cover interest over a two-year lease, and the cruiser would not be able to be traded in, she said.
If voters approve buying the cruiser outright, it would cost $21,330 and would allow for a trade-in that would reduce the cost another $500, Flagg said.
Normally, cruisers are purchased every two years, with voters raising half the amount one year and the other half the next year.
The cruiser would replace one that has a bad transmission and was scheduled to be replaced next year. The cost of repair is estimated at $2,000.
The third article on the warrant asks if voters would authorize selectmen to take money out of the cruiser reserve that is specifically donated by a resident to set up up a cruiser including light bar, stripes and cage, Flagg said.
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