City Council approves request from Police Department to purchase vehicle

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater City Council approved a Police Department request Monday night to purchase a new patrol unit which was in the 2023-2024 fiscal year budget.

Director of Public Safety Joe Scheid said it’s one of two patrol cars they were planning to buy this year.

He said they got a quote of over $35,000 from a Lansing dealership to purchase a 2023 Dodge Charger AWD.

Scheid said in his memo to the Council that the LaFontaine dealership holds the state bid for Dodge police units and deals in large volumes of these vehicles and that the quote was based on the State of Michigan governmental bid price.