County to lease vehicles in 2018 for $400,000 savings

Date: Jan 11, 2018

Author: Rick Miller

“LITTLE VALLEY — The 2018 Cattaraugus County budget reflects a savings of nearly $400,000 by leasing rather than purchasing 31 vehicles outright. The vehicles range from ¾ ton pickup trucks for the Public Works Department to a van for the Department of the Aging to Sheriff’s Department police interceptors. The leases are for up to five years The move to lease a portion of the 121 vehicles in the county’s fleet came in a resolution for immediate consideration at the last County Legislature meeting of 2017.”

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