Police Services Feasibility Study - City of Santa Paula

STARTUP & RECURRING COSTS
In addition to any level of police services for which the City of Santa Paula may
contract, the following were identified as one-time startup expenditures
necessary for implementing a contract.
Vehicles
Under this contractual law enforcement program, the City would own, register,
and either privately maintain or maintain the vehicles through County Fleet for
those vehicles determined to be acceptable police units. The County would
secure certificates of insurance naming the County as an additional insured from
the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) providing the automobile insurance to the City
and the repair shop servicing the vehicles for the City.
In the event a deputy is injured while driving a City vehicle to perform City police
services, he/she will be covered under the County’s self-insured, no-fault,
exclusive remedy workers compensation program. The County would reserve
the right to subrogate against any third party that is responsible for any losses
resulting from this event. If an at-fault deputy injures or damages someone
else’s property while driving a City vehicle to perform police services for the City,
the County will pay or reimburse the affected party out of the County’s selfinsured
General Liability insurance program 20 .
The selected vehicles would continue to be operated as Santa Paula Police units
until they reach their replacement mileage or become unserviceable.
Replacement is predicated upon 100,000 miles and/or 5 years for marked cars
and 120,000 miles and/or 10 years for unmarked cars, whichever comes first.
City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz has indicated that the City would prefer the
vehicles be maintained by County Fleet. The City would therefore be directly
billed for time and material until such time that the vehicle(s) are replaced. As
each existing city unit becomes due for replacement, the City would be required
to budget the front-end replacement cost to the County. The County would
purchase the vehicle and thereafter charge a monthly depreciation charge to
allow for the automatic replacement at the County’s expense. The City would
then no longer be required to budget for vehicle replacement.
One exception to this procedure is if the City later decides to add an additional
contract position requiring a vehicle. In this instance, the initial purchase price
must be appropriated to the County. Thereafter, the vehicle is maintained and
replaced as indicated above.
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