Ben Sorensen

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9,257 appearances 42 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2023 last heard 15 Sep

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Fort Lauderdale City Commission · City Commission Joint Workshop with BAB and Conference Meeting on 2026-06-16 1:00 PM - Jun 16, 2026 · 16 Jun 2026 meeting

ON AVERAGE THERE'S ABOUT $26 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OVER THE FOUR YEARS WHICH SPANS FROM ABOUT $18.3 MILLION AT OUR LOWEST IN 2028 TO $31.7 MILLION IN 2020-30.

AND THIS LARGELY FOCUSES ON THE LARGE FOCUS BEING ON BRIDGES AND SEAWALL REPLACEMENTS AND THEN FOLLOWED BY MOBILITY AND PARKS PROJECTS.

And then lastly, rounding us out is the replacement plans that I was talking about a little bit earlier, about $26.2 million, $21.3 million being for our fleet vehicles, $10.6 of that impacting the general fund, $1.9 million for our fire rescue equipment, $1.7 million for police equipment, and then about $1.2 million for all other equipment replacements.

And if there are no questions, I'm going to turn it over to Laura Reese to round us out.

Thank you.

So you're going to spread that over the remaining years of the outstanding bond issue?

So before you jump to that, so

In the past, we had lengthened the length of time between replacements back in the 2010-2014 timeframe, and then we started replacing them more frequently again.

Any look at that?

Vehicles last a lot longer these days than they used to, so are we taking a hard look at the necessity of replacing them on a shortened timeframe as we've been doing?

Okay, because we've just gotten into a habit of replacing them just on a cycle, whether they need it or not.

And so it's something we should take a look at.

Again, we've done this in the past, and it was very effective at reducing our costs.

We don't need things where the wheels are falling off.

But again, vehicles today last a lot longer than they used to.

The useful life has been greatly extended by virtue of improvements in technology.

Thank you.

THANK YOU.

I THINK THOSE ARE ALL GREAT IDEAS TO PURSUE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY.

I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT DIRECTION.

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