Forest Park OKs police vehicle purchases

The Forest Park city council approved the use of SPLOST funds for the Chevy Tahoe Police Performance vehicles.

The Forest Park city council approved the use of SPLOST funds for the Chevy Tahoe Police Performance vehicles.

The Forest Park City Council recently voted to authorize the city manager to use SPLOST funds for the purchase of five 2017 Chevy Tahoe Police Performance vehicles through Enterprise Fleet Management for $160,200.95.

In addition, the council approved entering a contract with the company Combined Services for restroom renovations of City Hall council chambers. Combined Services was the lowest bidder at $82,976.04, according to the agenda.

The city also approved an ordinance to amend the 2016-2017 operating budget to appropriate funds to cover workers’ compensation costs for the support services department.