AN ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MAKES A “DO PASS” RECOMMENDATION MONDAY TO APPROPRIATE MORE THAN 5-MILLION DOLLARS FOR APD TO BUY A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART HELICOPTER. THEY APPROVED 5-POINT-2 MILLION ON A 4-TO-1 VOTE . ONLY COUNCIL DIANE GIBSON VOTED AGAINST IT.
THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS NOT EVERYONE WAS ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN IT CAME TO CONCERNS ABOUT MAINTAINING THE HELICOPTER, THE COST OF EQUIPMENT AND THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR CHOOSING THE RIGHT CHOPPER THAT COULD DEAL WITH THE HIGH ALTITUDE HERE AND OUR HOT SUMMERS. THOSE ISSUES WILL STILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN APD PURCHASES THE CHOPPER.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO VOTED TO APPROPRIATE 3-MILLION DOLLARS THAT WOULD ALLOW APD TO SEAT A LATERAL CLASS OF 40 OFFICERS TO GRADUATE THIS COMING JANUARY.
