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Council approves engineering contract extensions and buys two electric Ford Lightnings under carbon‑reduction grant
Summary
The council authorized extensions for three city engineering on‑call contracts and approved purchase of two Ford Lightning electric trucks under a carbon‑reduction grant; the purchases require a city match of about 10.27 percent.
The Brookings City Council on Sept. 22 authorized staff to extend on‑call civil engineering contracts and approved the purchase of two electric Ford Lightning trucks under a carbon‑reduction grant for fleet replacement.
City staff said the three on‑call firms — Dyer Partnership, Civil West Engineering and Jacobs — were selected after a 2022 request for proposals and are used for municipal infrastructure projects assigned by task order. “Projects would be assigned to firms through task order,” a city staff presenter said.
The council voted unanimously to authorize the city manager to negotiate contract extensions with the three firms. The extensions are for as‑needed municipal…
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