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District’s electric school bus is built; charging infrastructure complete, commissioners say
Summary
Commissioners reported that the local school district's electric bus is in manufacture and the commission's infrastructure obligations for a charging station are finished; roughly $400,000 in grants were cited to cover electrification work.
A commissioner updated the group that the electric school bus is being manufactured and that the district's charging-station infrastructure work — the local jurisdiction's responsibility — is complete. The commission said it is "just waiting on the bus" and expects the vehicle to begin serving school-related trips in the near future, probably starting after the school year begins or for after-school routes.
Commissioners also discussed grant support for electrification and referenced approximately "$400,000" in grants that covered related projects. One commissioner described the grant wrap-up and said the funding sufficiently covered the first phase of infrastructure work. Members noted the bus may not be available at the very start of the next school year but will be used for after-school and other routes when delivered.
