Purpose

To seek approval for the vehicle procurement
plan for 2025-2025. This will enable fleet management to further
procure vehicles whilst a decarbonisation strategy is formed to
produce a 10 year plan

Decision

Authorisation to commence a procurement
process for vehicle replacement requirements for 2025-2026
including short term hires for all Services.

Reasons for the decision

The procurement of new vehicles will allow the
Council to maintain an interim vehicle replacement programme to
ensure services have access to reliable, safe, and sustainable
vehicles.

Alternative options considered

We could continue to operate the existing
vehicles, but this may lead to reliability issues due to the age of
the vehicle leading to service disruption. Many of the vehicles are
in or near to the secondary leasing periods and lease companies can
request the return of vehicles with little notice. This would
require expensive short-term hires and may lead to service
disruption