Politics & Government
Hatboro Buys New Police Car, Hopes to Sell 3
Hatboro hopes to sell three old police cars on Municibid.
A brand-new Ford Police Interceptor will soon join the Hatboro Police Department's fleet.
With the addition of the $27,478 vehicle, the Hatboro Borough Council is looking to sell three 10-year-old police vehicles on Municibid - an online auction of government items ranging from automotive, furniture, parking meters, computers, seasonal items for snow and leaf removal and lots of miscellaneous items in between.
"They rotate out the old cars," Hatboro Borough Manager Fred Zollers said of the cars, which he estimated have 120,000 miles each.
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The borough budgeted $33,000 for the new vehicle, he said. With the addition of lights, Zollers said the new police car would come close to the budgeted amount.
In previous Munibid sales, Hatboro netted and just over . Money generated from the auctions is added to the borough's general fund.
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