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The Citizen Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The practice of allowing certain town officials to take town-owned vehicles home is being examined by the selectmen, with some board members seeing it as a potential source of cost savings. Personnel in various Meredith departments use take-home vehicles to go directly to a scene instead of picking up the vehicle in a separate location. The selectmen examined costs of the use of these vehicles during Monday's workshop.
Town administrative regulations state that the positions with take-home vehicles are the Fire and Police Chiefs, police lieutenant, code enforcement officer, public works director and assistant public works director, and the public works operations manager.
Administrative Services Director Brenda Vittner said the town has been carefully following Internal Revenue Service regulations regarding taxing take-home vehicles. The vehicles operated by the Police and Fire departments are tax exempt because they are emergency vehicles. The vehicles used by the director and assistant director of the Public Works department are also considered emergency equipped vehicles as they are equipped with items such as hydraulic lifts and other forms of heavy equipment that can be used in an emergency. The drivers non-exempt vehicles are charged $3 a day……
