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Central Garage outlines fleet budget, rising vehicle costs and electric-equipment trials
Summary
The Central Garage presented the equipment fund and operations budget, explained an internal possession-fee model districts pay for vehicles, detailed rising chassis and upfit costs, and described pilot use of battery-electric construction equipment and several electric vehicles.
David Thurber, superintendent and fleet manager at the Central Garage, told the House Transportation Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 28 that the central shop manages vehicle purchases, depreciation and parts for the districts and recommended an equipment-fund budget for fiscal year 2026.
"We purchase the equipment that the districts use for plowing and maintaining the roads," Thurber said, and described the equipment fund as driven by depreciation, auction proceeds and a supplemental transfer. He told the committee the recommended equipment purchase authority is approximately $9 million in the coming fiscal year and that operating and parts costs have been rising.
Thurber explained why the agency…
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