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From the meeting · City Council, · 1:04

If the council does nothing, does the armored vehicle deal go ahead?

Police are reporting a plan to acquire an armored vehicle, filed as an information-only item. A councilmember who says it feels like a choice is being asked of the council asks staff what happens if the council takes no action.

a councilmember and city staff

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a councilmember Let me just ask staff if the council takes no action, and I'm not sure what action we could legally take given that it is information only, then the the requirement that this be discussed at the council would be satisfied and that the acquisition would go forward, I take it?

a councilmember So we...

a councilmember The way we publish

city staff our agenda is that the council can take action on any item.

city staff So you could...

city staff The council could take any reasonable action that's related to this item, whether that's direct staff to abandon this procurement, whether it's to go back and go through CPOC or public safety, understanding that we could jeopardize losing it because of the time delay.

city staff Or the council could not take any action, which for us would mean we could proceed with our acquisition because the council doesn't need to formally approve us accepting it.

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From the public recording of the City Council, October 20, 2026. Picked and described with AI; the words are the meeting's own. Remove this clip