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Sweetwater Authority approves amended green fleet schedule, orders three replacement vehicles and authorizes fleet optimization study
Summary
Board authorized staff to amend the Green Fleet Plan to align with CARB mandates, directed an RFP for a fleet optimization study, and approved purchase of three replacement vehicles (up to $1,013,145) with a $13,200 contingency; vote was unanimous.
The Sweetwater Authority Board of Directors unanimously approved a multi-part staff recommendation Jan. 8 to amend its Green Fleet Plan, commission a fleet optimization study, and purchase three replacement vehicles.
Staff told the board the 2021 Green Fleet Plan predated California Air Resources Board (CARB) rules that took effect in 2023 and 2024. Under the CARB Advanced Clean Fleet regulation staff described, 45 of the Authority’s 93 vehicles exceed the 8,501-pound threshold and must follow phased zero-emission milestones; about 10% of those vehicles (five vehicles under current counts) must be zero-emission by 2027 under the milestone option staff has followed. Staff…
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