HAGERSTOWN -- Discussion about city employees' use of take-home vehicles was pulled from the agenda at Tuesday's Hagerstown City Council work session at the request of Councilwoman Kelly S. Cromer, but that didn't stop council members from having a heated debate about the integrity of information provided about the issue.
Cromer asked before Tuesday's meeting that the discussion be pulled from the agenda because she had not received all of the information she requested, she said. The information she did receive included some discrepancies, she said.
"I don't trust any of the information," Cromer said.
According to information provided to the media before Tuesday's meeting, maintenance of take-home vehicles cost $79,991.16 in 2007, up from $58,348.63 in 2006. The amount includes the cost of preventative maintenance.
The utilities and police departments use a majority of the 48 take-home vehicles. Nineteen are used by the utilities departments and 18 are used by police.