HomeMy WebLinkAbout(2015, 10/27) - F-9 - AmendedCITY VEHICLE/ EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT GUIDELINES
PURPOSE:
F-9
To establish a policy to ensure that the full service life of each City vehicle or item of
equipment is utilized to its fullest potential, provide for a funding timelines and
implement uniform guidelines among all departments.
POLICY:
It shall be the policy of the City that the funding and replacement of all motor vehicles
shall be normally based on the expected service life of the vehicle described on the
following schedule:
Vehicle/Equipment
Schedule for Replacement
Police Patrol/Traffic Vehicles
75,000 miles or 4 years
Police Motorcycles
75,000 miles or 5 years
Police Detective/Plain Vehicles
80,000 miles or 8 years
Beach Vehicles/ ATVs
4 years
Sedans/Station Wagons/SUVs
120,000 miles or 12 years
Pickup Trucks (1/4 to 3/4 Ton)
100,000 miles or 10 years
Vans
100,000 miles or 10 years
Ambulances (commercial chassis)
100,000 miles or 8 years
Ambulances - Reserve
4 years
Heavy Trucks (1 Ton and larger)
120,000 miles or 10 years
Beach Cleaners
8 years
Street Sweepers
10 years
Small Boats/ Personal Watercraft
10 years
Large Emergency Boats
25 years
Heavy Equipment
10 years or 5,000 hours
Trailers
10 years
Vactors/Sewer Rodders
10 years
Welders, Saws, Pumps
13 years
Transfer Equipment (Radios/ Beacons)
10 years
Fire Engines - Frontline
13 years
Fire Trucks - Frontline
15 years
Fire Engine - Reserve
5-7 years
Fire Truck - Reserve
10-15 years
Fire engines, trucks and ambulances are placed within stations as frontline vehicles
when they are purchased. They will remain in a frontline status until the expected
useful life is over. At that time, the engines and trucks will be placed in reserve status
for an additional period of time as described above.
F-9
The Municipal Operations Department shall inspect the equipment annually to
determine the appropriateness of replacing each piece of equipment in conjunction with
the assigned Department. All non -emergency vehicles shall be replaced based on, but
not limited to, the following factors: expected service life, lifecycle maintenance costs,
fuel efficiency, purchase price _(cost), environmental rating, etc. The City will actively
seek opportunities to use cleaner burning fuels and higher efficiency vehicles when
possible.
Should the expected life of the equipment be less than expected, the Municipal
Operations Department in conjunction with the Finance Department and the assigned
Department will make a recommendation to the City Manager or his designee on the
disposition and replacement of equipment.
Adopted - December 14,1992
Amended - January- 24,1994
Amended - March 27,1995
Amended - May 8, 2001
Amended - October 27, 2015
Formerly F-26