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Committee accepts cooperative purchase agreement for mobile solar-powered chargers
Summary
The Government Operations & Regulations Committee accepted terms of a cooperative purchase master agreement to buy mobile solar-powered charging systems and related services for the Department of General Services; the purpose of the chargers was not specified in the committee materials and members asked for clarification. The measure passed 7-0.
The Government Operations & Regulations Committee accepted terms of a cooperative purchase master agreement to acquire mobile solar-powered charger systems and related services for the Department of General Services.
The acceptance motion, filed as RS 20 25 10 81, was moved, seconded and approved unanimously (7-0). During committee discussion, members asked what the mobile charging systems would be used for; the committee record does not include a clear answer in the materials or the discussion transcript.
One committee member said, “I assumed it was car charging,” and another noted that “the two publicly available charging systems . . . at the Metro Courthouse” remain broken, indicating some members were discussing electric-vehicle charging infrastructure and public chargers. The meeting transcript does not record a definitive purpose for the purchased systems or list a vendor; committee members did not amend the agreement during the session.
The chair called the vote; the motion passed with seven votes in favor, zero opposed and zero not voting. No roll-call of individual yes votes is recorded in the transcript for this item.
The committee did not place further limitations on the agreement during the meeting; staff or the Department of General Services did not provide additional implementation details in the committee record.
