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Let me toss out one:
When I requested a list of town insured vehicles from the former Town Manager, Jack Healey last year, the list received was FAXED FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
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Do you think that's odd?
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My interpretation is that the Town DOES NOT have in-house, on computer records of each piece of equipment that's being insured. Nor is that information available within the Town's computer system for a Department Head to examine.
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The naysayers are already sputtering!
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The total number of items insured was 212.
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Doesn't each vehicle cost ~ $5,000 per year to insure?
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(Those items will be called vehicles in subsequent comments for the sake of simplicity, but they may be trailers or other equipment and in fact, not a vehicle.)
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A number of years ago, the Town junked or sold several vehicles and neglected to cancel the insurance. Only an audit disclosed the matter.
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When was the last time an audit of 'vehicles' was done?
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Let's take the issue one step further.
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Because vehicle records aren't maintained in-house, what of maintenance and fuel consumption and MPG and mileage?
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If you had 3 or 4 family vehicles, wouldn't you write it down so you didn't neglect oil changes, inspections and so on?
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Let's say Department X uses a vehicle and accumulates 5,000 miles per year.
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Department Y uses a vehicle and accumulates 50,000 miles per year.
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Wouldn't knowing the departmental usage allow the Capital Planning Committee to make informed long term projections instead of reacting when a crisis arises?
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With in-house computer reports, would it be possible to notice that too much money was being spent on maintenance of a high-mileage vehicle?
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What was most striking about the list of 212 insured items was that many had $500 deductibles.
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Any informed consumer knows that the first insured increment is the most expensive because insurance companies anticipate nuisance claims.
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Could the Town save money - YOUR TAX DOLLARS - by increasing the deductible?
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Is the BOS asking?
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