Royersford Borough Council Approves the Purchase of Three New Vehicles

The Royersford Borough Council met for a regular meeting on Tuesday night to hear commitee reports and . The most eventful committee report came from finance, in which the council resulted in voting for the approval of three new vehicles to be purchased under the 2012 budget and beyond.

Councilman John Kring delivered the finance report in detail to the council. He first reported the pricing for an upgrade to the heating system at , which was awarded to Ohlert Brothers. The total price for a heating upgrade is $22,047, which was approved unanimously by the council.

Kring then explained plans to purchase a new police cruiser, which would be purchased this year, but not included in the budget until 2012. The cruiser is a 2013 Ford Utility Police Interceptor with a lighting and siren package. The total price for the vehicle is $40,233.81, which would be broken up into a three-year payment plan of roughly $13,411.27 per year. The purchase is to be made from Co-Star. The board also approved this purchase unanimously.

Finally, two additional vehicles were brought to the table for approval, both Ford F350 pickup trucks for wastewater and public works. Both trucks would be equipped to be snow-plow-ready. This would also be a Co-Star purchase.

The finance commitee recommended purchasing one of the trucks outright to avoid the six-percent interest over three years, while the other vehicle would employ the three-year-with-interest plan. Each vehicle costs $31,213.38. The interest paid on the second vehicle would be around $1,872.80. The council passed the motion unanimously to purchase the two vehicles under the proposed plan.

The proposals to purchase the three vehicles came to the board at the in September. The council is still working on the preliminary budget for 2012 at this time.

The parks and recreation commitee meeting report was also given, revealing the Royersford Halloween Parade to be on Oct. 26 with an Oct. 27 rain date. The next meeting will be Nov. 3 at 7 p.m.