February 21, 2019
A decision on whether to lease or purchase vehicles for the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department will have to wait until the March meeting of the County Commissioners.
During Monday’s meeting of the County Commissioners, Marshall County Sheriff Matt Hassel said he received council approval to appropriate money from the Commissary Fund for the additional needed to purchase four new patrol vehicles and replace the one totaled in a December crash.
The lease through Enterprise is for 4 Durangos has a total cost of $120,941.12 over three years. The Sheriff said he would pay off the lease on the front end and have no payments for the remainder of the lease period. They would also have an option to purchase them after the lease. The lease for the F150 is $649.60 a month for 48 months with an option to purchase it at the end of the lease. To purchase the 4 Durangos from County Auto the purchase price was $124,656.
County Commissioner Stan Klotz questioned the lease noting they would have to purchase the vehicles at the end and with the purchase, which was $4,000 more, they would own the vehicles.
There were additional questions from the commissioners so the determination was made to move the decision to the March 4th meeting..