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Council refers two planned vehicle purchases back to administration amid push to add electric options
Summary
Councilors and public commenters urged the city to consider electric or hybrid service vehicles; staff cited contract constraints and charging‑infrastructure gaps. Resolutions to buy vans and pickup trucks were sent back to administration for further study.
The Duluth City Council voted 9–0 to refer two pending vehicle-purchase resolutions back to administration after a debate over whether the city should require electric or hybrid options for new service vehicles.
Councilor Desotel proposed amending Resolution 184 — to buy five Ford Transit vans under a Minnesota state contract — to require that at least two of the five be electric or hybrid. Public commenter Linda Heron had urged the…
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