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Concord board approves chargers and awards installation contract as district moves toward electric buses
Summary
The board authorized up to $240,000 from the school building maintenance fund for electric‑bus charger infrastructure and awarded a contract to Longchamps Electric (up to $200,000) to install chargers at the city-owned combined operations maintenance facility. The district has an awarded grant but said funds have not yet been received.
The Concord School District Board on June 25 authorized up to $240,000 from the school building maintenance fund to fund purchase and installation of electric school-bus chargers and awarded an installation contract to Longchamps Electric for up to $200,000. The board also approved a related transfer of $59,576 to fund chargers using available local funds; the district said an awarded grant for the buses has been approved but that the grant funds have not yet been received.
Why it matters: the district is preparing to receive three electric buses and must install the charging infrastructure at the Combined Operations Maintenance Facility (COMP), which the city owns and the district leases space in. Staff said delays in…
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