For City Council Meeting April 28, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
AUTHOR: Mark P. Kling, Chief of Police
Title
Request City Council to Approve (1) the Purchase of Ten (10) Ford Explorer Police Interceptor Vehicles from Fairview Ford in the Amount of $528,041, (2) The Purchase of Equipment, Modifications, and Installation from 10-8 Retrofit In the Amount of $320,852.10, and (3) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Documents.
(ACTION)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council
1) Approve the purchase of ten (10) Ford Explorer Police Interceptor from Fairview Ford San Bernardino in the amount of $528,041;
2) Approve the purchase of equipment, modifications, and installation from 10-8 Retrofit Incorporated in the amount of $320,852.10; and
3) Authorize the City Manager or her designee to execute all documents.
BACKGROUND
The Police Department maintains a fleet of vehicles assigned to a variety of functions, including Patrol, Administration, Detectives, Traffic, Backgrounds, and Training. With the recent increase in sworn staffing levels, the Department currently requires an additional ten (10) vehicles to adequately support these positions and sustain patrol operations.
A comprehensive review of the Department's fleet, including vehicles assigned to day shift, graveyard shift, and unassigned reserve units, identified a significant number of vehicles that are either in continuous rotation or held as limited-use backups due to reliability concerns. Many of these vehicles are aging patrol units that have been reassigned across shifts in an effort to maintain minimum staffing levels in the field. These vehicles are well beyond their intended service life, with most exceeding 100,000 miles and experiencing ongoing reliability issues.
The vehicles previously utilized by these units have been deemed beyond their useful service life due to excessive mileage and increasing mechan...
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