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Ossining transportation budget plans: bus contract renewal, monitors, testing electric buses in pilot
Summary
Transportation staff recommended renewing the contract with the district's current vendor to lock annual increases at CPI, described progress on bus-safety camera enforcement and monitoring, and said the vendor plans to trial electric full-size buses in the near term pending grant funding and infrastructure work.
At the March 15 workshop, transportation staff reviewed a budget that reflects steady operations, an ongoing vendor relationship for contract transportation, and a multi-year approach to electrification of the bus fleet.
Transportation director Jim (presenting) recommended the board renew the district's contract with its current contractor rather than re-bid, saying renewal limits annual increases to a CPI factor and avoids the larger year-one cost spikes districts often see on open bids. "If you go out to bid, then you're subject to whatever the market is," he said, adding…
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