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f <br />• • <br />• 1lZEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jim Hudgens, City r?anager <br />FROM: Jerry Hodge, Director of Public ~Norks <br />DATE: February 19, 1981 <br />SUBJECT: Automobile Rids <br />The question has been raised about purchasing full sized cars <br />rather than mid-sized cars. These cars are frequently used to <br />carry five to six people. The larger cars are much better suited <br />for this purpose, especially on long trips. <br />The basic cost difference in purchasing the large size car <br />verses the mid-size is $200.00. Amortization over the five year <br />life expectancy of these cars reveal that it would cost an addition- <br />al X40 per year to purchase the larger cars. (See attached sheet). <br />The Impala is rated at 17 miles per gallon. Averaging 15,000 <br />miles per year, at a cost of X1.25 per gallon, it would cost X1,102.00 <br />per year to operate. The ~4alibu, a mid-sized car, is rated at 18 miles <br />• per gallon. Averaging 15,000 miles per year, at a cost of X1.25 per <br />gallon, it would cost $1,042.00 per year to operate. <br />Given these figures, it would cost an additional X100.00 per <br />year to buy and operate the full size cars verses the mid-sized cars. <br />Plith this is mind, and the advantage of more room, I would recommend <br />that the City buy the full sized cars. <br />• <br />