HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-72 - Amending City Council Policy F-9 (City Vehicle/Equipment Replacement Guidelines) RESOLUTION NO. 2015-72
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CITY
COUNCIL POLICY F-9 (CITY VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT
REPLACEMENT GUIDELINES)
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach ("City") is governed, in part, by its
Charter, Municipal Code and adopted City Council Policies; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted City Council Policy F-9 (City
Vehicle/Equipment Guidelines) to ensure that the full service life of each City vehicle or
item of equipment is utilized to its fullest potential; and
WHEREAS, City Council Policy F-9 provides a funding timeline for replacing City
vehicles and specific equipment; and
WHEREAS, City Council Policy F-9 implements uniform replacement guidelines
for City vehicles and equipment across all City Departments; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to amend City Council Policy F-9 to extend the
life/mileage of police motorcycles, sedans, wagons, SUVs, pickup trucks, vans, heavy
trucks, welders, saws, pumps, radios and beacons, and fire engines; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to further amend City Council Policy F-9 to include
categories for police detective/plain vehicles, ATVs, SUVs, and personal watercraft to
the equipment list; and add reserve categories for fire engines, fire trucks and
ambulances; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to further amend City Council Policy F-9 to eliminate
small emergency boats, refuse trucks, paint stripers, and refuse transfer trailers from
the program.
NOW, THERFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council hereby amends City Council Policy F-9 as shown
in Exhibit 1, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2: All prior versions of City Council Policy F-9 are hereby repealed.
Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The
City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution and each section,
subsection, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one (1) or more
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional.
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Section 4: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the substantive portion of this resolution.
Section 5: Except as expressly modified in this resolution, all other City
Council Policies, sections, subsections, sentences, terms, clauses and phrases set forth
in the Council Policy Manual shall remain unchanged and shall be in full force and
effect.
Section 6: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject
to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2)
(the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section
15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly
or indirectly.
Section 7: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by
the City Council and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution.
ADOPTED this 27h day of October, 2015.
E ward D. Selich
Mayor
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Attachment: Exhibit 1 — Amended City Council Policy F-9
EXHIBIT 1 F-9
CITY VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT GUIDELINES
PURPOSE
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.
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 S,2001
Amended-October 2S,2015
Formerly F-26
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2015-72 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a
regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 271h day of October, 2015, and that the
same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Peotter, Council Member Petros, Council Member Duffield,
Council Member Muldoon, Mayor Pro Tem Dixon, Mayor Selich
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Council Member Curry
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 28th day of October, 2015.
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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