Given recent issues the city has seen purchasing and replacing a number of department vehicles, staff looked into a fleet leasing agreement with Enterprise – which the Derby City Council officially approved at its July 12 meeting. Under the fleet leasing arrangement, Enterprise handles purchase of vehicles for the city, leasing those vehicles to the city and also selling used vehicles at their highest point of value to help fund the program. “Basically, the program works off the city’s ability to purchase vehicles at government rate, then resell those vehicles when they have the most value,” said Deputy City Manager Dan Bronson. Enterprise also currently provides this program to municipalities like Andover, Arkansas City, Salina, Valley Center, Wellington and more. Under the approved agreement, Derby plans to eventually replace all city vehicles (98 total) under one ton. To fund the leasing program, the city will initially sell the vehicles planned for replacement to Enterprise, which is projected to generate $1.384 million.
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A group of committed residents has put together a task force to erect a 9/11 memorial at the School Street pond in Rose Hill. The group is led by local business owner and longtime Rose Hill resident Gerald Amato. “The reason we put something together is we realized that all the kids that are in the schools right now, even in the high schools, they weren’t even born when this situation came about,” Amato said. … Amato is supported by a board of community members, including representatives from the Rose Hill Police Department, fire department, and the city itself. He says the idea started when a member of the Rose Hill Historical Society approached him with the idea. “One of the ladies with the historical society came to me, and she said, ‘Gerald, we need to do something, and you’re the guy that I know that can make it happen,’” Amato said. … Information about the memorial can be found online at https://rosehill9-11memorial.org/.
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