RESOLUTION NO. 2023-080
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO MODIFY THE CURRENT ORDER OF 40 POLICE INTERCEPTOR UTILITY VEHICLES FOR
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM HYBRID ENGINE VEHICLES TO NON-
HYBRID CONVENTIONAL ENGINE VEHICLES
WHEREAS, staff have placed factory orders with Ford Motor Company to build a total of 40 police interceptor utility hybrid vehicles to support the Police Department's operations in fiscal year 2022-23; and
WHEREAS, Ford has identified production constraints to its customers regarding the building of police interceptor utility vehicles that are equipped with a hybrid engine option and requested that customers consider modifying their existing vehicle orders to a different engine option to mitigate the risk of further vehicle delivery delays or outright order cancellation; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the city to change the factory order for 40 police interceptor utility hybrid vehicles to the non-hybrid conventional engine option; and
WHEREAS, this modification to non-hybrid engines will increase the likelihood of receiving 2023 model year vehicles and avoid increased purchase costs for 2024 model year hybrid vehicles; and WHEREAS, this modification will help to improve police call responses by supporting the Take Home Vehicle Program; and
WHEREAS, this modification will help to reduce maintenance downtime caused by inoperative and aging vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the change to the non-hybrid conventional engine option for the 40 vehicles is expected to result in a net one-time cost savings of approximately $100,000 due to reduced costs per vehicle; and
WHEREAS, the decreased fuel efficiency of these non-hybrid vehicles will result in an estimated increase in annual fuel costs of $77,173; and
WHEREAS, this estimated fuel cost increase will be included into the Fleet Services Division's operating budget plan for fiscal year 2023-24; and
WHEREAS, the City Planner on March 3, 2023, determined that the proposed project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under section 15061(b)(3}, because it can be seen with
certainty that the project will have no significant negative impact on the environment. No appeal to this determination under Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 21.54.140 was received.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the Deputy City Manager of Administrative Services or a designee shall be authorized to modify an existing order of 40 vehicles for the Police Department from hybrid engine police interceptor utility vehicles to non-hybrid conventional engine police interceptor utility vehicles.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 14th day of March, 2023, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Burkholder, Luna.
Acosta.
None.
None.
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
{SEAL)