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~0811~ £AROIIll~ <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />John V. Witherspoon/County Manager <br /> <br />Mike Byrd/Transportation Planner <br /> <br />May 25, 1995 <br /> <br />Sale of County vans/conversion of County van <br /> <br />The current County van fleet consists of 24 vans, 18 standard and 6 lii~ equipped. The <br />County system is receiving an increasing number of requests for rides from individuals that <br />are wheelchair bound. This increase in trip requests has the system nearing the limit of <br />trips that can be provided with the current number of lif~ equipped vans. The County will <br />not receive any vans next year through the Section 18 grant program. <br /> <br />A solution that has been suggested by NCDOT is the sale of four standard vans to other <br />counties, using the money received for the conversion of one of our vans to litt equipped. <br /> <br />The original match (15%) the County paid for these vans was $2,638. The price (set by <br />NCDOT) the vans will be sold to other counties for is $2,520. This mount ($2,520) <br />would be paid by the purchasing County directly to Cabarrus. The sale of the four vans at <br />this price would result in a net loss to the County of only $472. This loss, I feel would be <br />small in comparison to the inability to provide transportation to this sector of the <br />population. <br /> <br />I would like to have permission to sell four vans at $2,520 each (County match cost after <br />depreciation). I would need that funding to pay for the conversion of the fifth van to lift <br />equipped. <br /> <br />Please keep in mind, unless additional funding is received by NCDOT, that the next time <br />we could possibly receive vans through Section 18 will be the Fall of 1997. Il'you have <br />any questions, please let me know. <br /> <br />cc: Jerry Newton <br /> <br />.x O E:x7,2- , . ! <br /> <br /> <br />