The police department would get 22 new marked Chevrolet Tahoes under a $1,306,110 purchase on the City Council's consent agenda Monday night.
The pursuit-rated SUVs are scheduled replacements, according to a memo from Fleet Services. They would take the place of vehicles used by patrol, traffic, neighborhood police officers and the crime prevention unit.
Fleet staff wrote that replacement decisions are based on each unit's age, usage, maintenance cost and resale value, and that keeping the old vehicles longer would mean more repair bills, more downtime and lower salvage prices.
The city collected three quotes through cooperative purchasing contracts. Caldwell Country Chevrolet, through a BuyBoard contract, came in lowest at $1,306,109.90. The other two bids, from Sames Laredo Chevrolet and Silsbee Fleet Group, were about $1.34 million and $1.36 million.
The money comes from the equipment replacement fund in the 2026-27 budget, which set aside $1,381,600 for the purchase. The memo says the $75,490 left over would go toward other fleet buys.
A four-year judicial term
Also on the consent agenda is an ordinance appointing Katherine A. Miller as senior associate judge of the Municipal Court of Record. The four-year term would start Monday and run through Oct. 25, 2030, at $78.1152 an hour.
The Municipal Court estimates the position will cost $202,316 this budget year, including benefits, and about $219,175 a year after that, according to the court's memo.
Earlier in the day
The council's 5 p.m. preliminary open meeting lists a 15-minute update from Engineering Director Caleb Thornhill on streambank erosion. It also lists "discussion and direction" on the Plano Aquatic Center, led by Parks and Recreation Director Ron Smith. Neither the erosion update nor the aquatic center item had a presentation posted with the agenda.
