Demorest Has Not Documented Whether Two Police Vehicles Were Cleared for Disposal

Demorest City Council considered whether to declare two police-department vehicles surplus at its Feb. 3, 2026 meeting: a 2011 Chevy Tahoe and a 2016 Dodge Charger. The meeting minutes list the item for consideration, but they do not say whether council members approved, rejected or deferred it, leaving the vehicles’ official disposition undocumented.

The distinction matters because declaring a city vehicle surplus can be the step that moves it out of public-safety service and into a sale or other disposal process. Without a recorded council action or follow-up transaction, residents cannot determine whether Demorest retained the Tahoe and Charger, cleared them for disposal, or transferred them through another authorized method.

The matter first appears in the Feb. 3 council agenda as a proposal for consideration, rather than as a completed surplus action. The minutes from that same meeting then repeat that the council considered surplusing two police vehicles, but do not supply the result that would connect the agenda item to a formal declaration, bid process or sale.

For the Police Department, the question is whether the two identified vehicles remain part of its usable fleet or are no longer needed for service. For the City Council, the agenda shows responsibility for considering the proposed surplus action. Residents and potential buyers would need a later city record to know whether either vehicle was actually made available for sale or disposal; neither the agenda nor the minutes states such terms.

It is established that the Tahoe and Charger were proposed for surplus consideration and that the minutes identify the same item. It is not established that either vehicle was declared surplus, assigned a minimum bid, sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of. The records also do not identify a buyer, sale price, disposal method or the vehicles’ current status.

The next concrete public confirmation would be a later council minute or formal surplus declaration, followed if applicable by a bid record or vehicle-sale document. Those records would need to establish whether Demorest authorized disposal of either police vehicle and, if so, whether the Tahoe and Charger were sold and on what terms. Until then, the Feb. 3 proposal remains unresolved in the city record described by the agenda and minutes.