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TACIR approves rolling‑stock final report after members add economic development recommendation
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TACIR approved its final report on rolling stock procurement delays and rising costs, and amended the report to ask the Department of Economic and Community Development to explore encouraging in‑state production of heavy apparatus and chassis.
The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations approved a final report on rolling stock procurement delays and cost increases and added a member amendment asking the Department of Economic and Community Development to encourage in‑state manufacturing to address supply shortages.
Research Director Jennifer Berry presented the final report, which TACIR prepared in response to a local request to study procurement challenges for vehicles such as fire trucks, ambulances and school buses. Berry told commissioners interviews with more than 30 Tennessee officials found large cost increases and lengthy…
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