Illinois Local Governments own more than 270,000 vehicles –
How many times have you seen this in Peru? Through the years this has been brought up and nothing done by our city government, especially in years past but possibly still taking place. Would you agree with this?
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Does this sound familar Peru residents? Didn't we have to rent a building to house the overflow of vehicles from the old Public Works building on Peoria Street? And didn't we then have to build a multi-million dollar for a new building for the same reason? And, haven't we heard repeatedly that we've cut way back on personnel? So who's driving all these vehicles? We've all witnessed them in many questionable locations. And lawn mowers! It seems as though we are always buying new ones even though the majority of our grass cuttings services are farmed out.
I agree, the city should operate on horseback. The water, electric, streets, police and fire department would only have feed and care for the animals. The police could use the fast horses to catch those criminals, the fire department could get Clydedales to pull the needed rigs to put the fire out, the street department use the horse and carriage to do street work!
Maybe the next suggestion will be to change the airport into a stable and eliminate electricity to keep the bills down?
11:20 What a ridiculous statement you make. Do we need fire trucks - ABSOLUTELY!! Do we need police cars - ABSOLUTELY!! Do we need ambulances - ABSOLUTELY!! However many of the city employees who are provided with their own vehicle (i.e. fire chief, assistant fire chief, engineer, assistant engineer, etc.. etc.) could possibly share with one another - couldn't they?? Do they each need their own private vehicle? And how about the multitude of trucks we have but not enough employees to drive them. Be honest. For a town our size we are overloaded with all types of cars, suvs, trucks, machinery, fire trucks, police vehicles, ambulances, lawn mowers, etc. etc.
1:34
I guess UBER would be your solution. Yes, many need their own vehicles. I doubt the city has a truck for every employee. I know your being critical of the fire department. As a resident of the city, I want fire chiefs' to have separate vehicles and not to share with some other employee, or use their own car. The engineer and assistant engineer have different jobs and need to be in different places at the same time. It only makes sense to have separate suvs.
I wouldn't want to be left stranded because of a lack of ambulances.
Yes, every patrol person has a police car. They can cover more areas of the city than sharing a car.
I get it, you think it's a perk? I think you should view the vehicles as necessary parts of the job.
1:34 you must think you live in the 50's.
You are a Tool!!
11:27 What do you mean when you state that I'm being critical of the fire department? I think we have a fine one and that they do a wonderful job and never once have I stated anything to the contrary. It is my personal opinion for a town our size we do have way too many vehicles in our possession and I firmly believe that they don't all have to be gas guzzling SUV's. What is wrong with a small, economical vehicle to take them from point A to point B and back?
Watch the name calling please
11:48
I am happy that you think we have a good fire department, all feel that same way....we have a great fire department. Now you are backing up and saying the city has gas guzzlers. Well, its not practical to have SUVs is your new statement? The city staff with those vehicles carries many tools in the SUVs, they work year round in the snow. The Prius isn't practical.
Some cities are talking about water quality, tax rates and real important problems. This blog is discussing city vehicles. I would summarize that a few bloggers have got nothing else to discuss of importance except the size of the city fleet. I can't help but believe that our local city is in pretty good shape.
What is the cost/hour for a police vehicle completely computerized to be taken home and parked in between shifts? How many patrol vehicles would be necessary if exchanged from outgoing officer to incoming officer of the next shift? Why would one fleet of squad cars plus a utility vehicle for maintenance and updating be enough rather than two full fleets?
Is the number of city vehicles determined by the department head, the finance officer and the finance committee in a joint session?
Could a city representative directly answer these questions without the use of excuses and band aids?
I am just a common sense resident. I don't know the cost per hour of a car parked in the driveway. I do like that police bring home the vehicles. It provides a sense of neighborhood safety. How many patrol cars do you need/ I would think you would need as many as you need. Having cars going 24 hours a day isn't the best use of a vehicle. Using more fleets makes more sense then driving a car for all three shifts.
I would doubt that elected officials discuss police cars. I would think they ask those in charge of the department for suggestions based on needs, finances and personnel. It looks to a outsider that Peru makes safety a priority. I haven't been reading about cutting police officers, dogs or eliminating ammunition to save cost.
Why such fixation on the city vehicles? I will suggest that you go to the upcoming touch a truck and fill your obsessions about those big trucks and emergency fleets. Please don't knock down any little kids trying to get to drive the fire truck.
12:10PM I'd cut the PPD by a big percentage and put some of those remaining on a bike. I'd increase the number of dogs for officers use
I heard that Peru had 8900 people with less than 10 officers on its entire police force not that many years ago. What does it have now?
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