CC Vehicle Replacements

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Rex in the morning on see one oh one. A
lot of people commenting on this story. K table I
three news the city is about to spend more than
ten million dollars ten million. I gotta put my my
pinky in the corner of my mouth for that one
ten million dollars to replace seventy two vehicles. Wow, he's

(00:21):
got to be some really nice vehicles. Ten million dollars.
More than ten million dollars to replace seventy two vehicles, ALEXA,
what's ten million divided by seventy two? Ten million divided
by seventy two is approximately one hundred thirty eight eight
hundred eighty eight point eight nine one hundred thirty eight

(00:42):
What one hundred, one hundred and thirty that means? You know,
if you were to, you know, ten million divided by
seventy two, it's about one hundred and thirty eight thousand dollars. Wow,
there some nice, nice vehicles that we're all about to
pay for. The new seventy two units. Fifty one vehicles

(01:03):
were replacing existing units. Twenty one additional units will be
allocated for various city departments. City said the vehicle procurement
process uses all available resources to ensure that vehicles are
equipped and sourced and delivered promptly when using budget conscious strategies.

(01:24):
How many of you were driving one hundred and thirty
eight thousand dollars vehicles? Well Mayer says that the expense
reflects the city's commitment to keeping Corpus Christi moving forward
with modern and dependable equipment. So there you go. I
guess it's one hundred and thirty eight thousand dollars per
vehicle because you have to upgrade the suspension in all

(01:44):
these vehicles because the streets are so horrible here. So
there you go. Now I understand, because you take a
standard sixty thousand dollars vehicle, it's going to cost twice
that to reinforce all of the the frame and all
the suspension in parts and whatnot to handle the lunar
surface of Corpus Christi. That NASA metal and that's where

(02:07):
the expense comes from. Yeah, you know, all titanium NASA
metal parts. More rocket roll coming up for me right
here on one on one