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Folsom council terminates electric refuse truck purchase after delivery failures; loses grant credits
Summary
After repeated delivery and mechanical failures, the council voted Oct. 14 to terminate the purchase of two electric refuse trucks originally planned as a pilot, acknowledging the city will forfeit about $542,000 in grant funding and lose associated ACF credits unless alternative vehicles are procured quickly.
The City Council on Oct. 14 approved staff's recommendation to terminate the city's purchase agreement for two electric refuse trucks after repeated delivery delays and unresolved mechanical issues with the vendor's chassis and equipment.
Marie McKee, General Services manager, said the vehicles were procured in January 2023 as a pilot project and the city expected delivery in September 2023. Repeated deliveries since then were rejected because the trucks exhibited mechanical failures; staff requested references from the vendor and concluded no comparable references existed for the…
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