Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 01-21-2025
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Approval of and authorization to declare 2012 Audi A4, Vehicle Identification Number WAUUAFL3CN014964 surplus, and authorize donation to the Town of Gore
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Background:
In October of 2024, the City Manager was contacted by the police department in Gore, Oklahoma asking if the City of Broken Arrow could donate a vehicle to their police fleet.
Gore, Oklahoma is a small town located in Sequoyah County. It has a population of under one-thousand people and five full-time police officers, including the Chief.
Gore Police specifically requested a car suitable for investigative work.
The Broken Arrow Police Department took stock of possible vehicles for donation and found one Gore Police Department would like. The vehicle, a 2012 Audi Model A4-Vehicle Identification Number WAUUAFL3CN014964, was seized pursuant to Oklahoma State Statute Title 63 Section 2-501 and underwent forfeiture proceedings in the Tulsa County District Court under case number CV-2022-2267 prior to being awarded to the State on April 5, 2024. In this case, the court found by a preponderance of evidence that the Audi was used or was intended to be used to transport or conceal or facilitate the transportation for the purpose of sale or receipt of a regulated controlled dangerous substance and that the vehicle should be forfeited to the State. The forfeiture case was uncontested.
Broken Arrow detectives were the case agents in the drug investigation and is customary the vehicle was awarded to the City of Broken Arrow through the State of Oklahoma.
The vehicle is located at Story Wrecker Service here in Broken Arrow. It has approximately 113,000 miles on it and has an estimated value of approximately three-thousand dollars.
The Legal Department has researched the viability of donation and found that it is appropriate, pursuant to your approval. Our Legal Department drafted a donation agreement document which has been authorized by the governing body of the Town of Gore.
Staff recommends you approve the request to donate the Audi A4 to the Gore Police Department.
Cost: $0
Funding Source: Not Applicable
Requested By: Scott Bennett, Deputy Chief of Police
Approved By: City Manager’s Office
Attachments: DONATION AGREEMENT AND RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION OF DONATED VEHICLE COBA V TOWN OF GORE, Vehicle Surplus Form
Recommendation:
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Approve and authorize surplus declaration of 2012 Audi A4 Vehicle Identification Number WAUUAFL3CN014964 and donation to the Town of Gore
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