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Show purchasing department or at least a purchase agent? 4. Why is the city leasing? At the end of the lease the taxpayers end up with nothing. 5. Did the police chief get leasing figures from any other company? 6. Every automobile leased or purchased pur-chased has to be bought through a franchised dealer. The dealer who delivers these units to the city is not going to do it for free. Why would the taxpayers of this city want to pay two dealers plus a leasing company when they could get the same product at the local dealer? This particular problem mainly effects ef-fects the local automobile dealer, but is this the way all the departments of the city are being run? Are the residents of Park City only here to pay the taxes to fill the coffers of the city, so that the City Manager and department depart-ment heads can spend it as they see fit, or do we turn control of the city back to the residents and taxpayers by electing officials to handle these matters mat-ters in a effective way? Lets get rid of the manager form of government and get some responsible government. Regards, David R. Evans Bill Mawhinney Motor, Inc. A wise use of our money? Editor: Through some talk overheard at a local cafe it was found out that the Park City Police Department may have leased andor purchased four new Chevrolet S-10 Blazers. A phone call was made to the city manager. She said that she was not aware that any police vehicles had been leased or purchased, but she also stated that department heads have the right to make purchases for their own departments. She also said that she would speak with the police chief and get back. She did call back and said that the chief would bring in the bid sheet for the units in question. From this conversation it sounded as if the bid was still open. After several phone calls to the police chief, he brought in specification sheets. It is a letter to a national leasing corporation from the Park City Police Department thanking them for their help and asking for more information. The letter is dated July 12, 1983. The copy was brought in Sept. 9, 1983 at 6 p.m., almost 60 days after the fact. On the 9th of Sept. the same national leasing company called the dealership asking if we would deliver four Chevrolet S-10 Blazers for them. On further investigation it was found that these four units are for the Park City Police Department. On Sept. 10, 1983 city council person, Tina Lewis, was contacted, and listened to the story with great interest. in-terest. She said it was the feeling on the city council that everything that could be bought competitively locally should be bought locally. She said she would be calling back as soon as she spoke to some people at the city. Some questions that this matter brings up: 1. Do we hire department heads in this city to manage their departments or spend taxpayers' money as they see fit? 2. Why wasn't the local car dealer, who pays taxes, lives in the community, com-munity, and can supply the product not given a chance to even bid? 3. If it is the intent of the city council to have everything bought locally that cart be, why don't we haVe d central |