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Metropolitan Council approves January 2025 budget amendment; authorizes purchase contract for replacement and expansion buses
Summary
On Jan. 22 the Metropolitan Council approved a special January 2025 budget amendment that adjusts operating and capital budgets and passed a separate authorization to negotiate and execute a contract with Gillig LLC to buy 43 heavy‑duty buses, pending capital program approvals.
The Metropolitan Council on Jan. 22 approved a special January 2025 budget amendment and authorized Metro Transit to pursue the purchase of 43 heavy‑duty buses under a cooperative procurement.
Council Member Johnson presented business item 205‑002, the special January budget amendment, saying it makes changes to the regional administration and transportation operating budgets and to the transportation capital budget. The amendment adds nine full‑time employees to human resources to accelerate recruiting for Metro Transit, adjusts fare revenue assumptions for the council’s fare simplification policy,…
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