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Committee approves transfer requests to buy trucks; members press administration on fleet management and fired fleet manager

Buffalo City Committee on Finance · April 7, 2026
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Summary

Members approved moving vehicle and ramp transfer items forward while questioning the administration's decision to remove the fleet manager, and asked for the previous fleet optimization plan and details on long-term fleet replacement strategy.

The finance committee moved forward a request to transfer funds for advance purchase of heavy vehicles, citing long lead times for garbage trucks and plows and the administration's plan to replenish the capital reserve when bonds are later sold. Commissioner Jessica Brown identified a capital reserve and said the city budgeted for these purchases; she told the…

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