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Penfield transportation report: new facility, EV buses, and plan for 14 new buses on May ballot
Summary
Director of Transportation Mike Geller told the Penfield board the department settled into a new Jackson Road facility, maintained a clean DOT inspection record, and that the district will seek voter approval in May to buy 14 buses (total ~$2.3 million) from the bus-purchase reserve.
Mike Geller, the district’s director of transportation, updated the Penfield Board of Education on Feb. 10 on operations since the move into the district’s new transportation facility at 1340 Jackson Road. "Our transition into the building went so smoothly," Geller said, noting only minor phone and internet issues during the summer move while buses continued to run.
Geller outlined staffing and fleet details: five office staff, 72 DMV-roster drivers, 18 attendants (two training to become drivers), three mechanics plus two part‑time driver-mechanics, and a fleet that includes 61 large buses (eight electric vehicles), 28 minibuses and five wheelchair‑accessible minibuses. He said the department has absorbed runs previously contracted…
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