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Sanitation fleet replacements and CARB rules prompt rate and timing questions
Summary
Public works proposed replacing sanitation vehicles, including garbage trucks and service trucks; staff warned capital reserves may not support two new garbage trucks immediately and noted CARB rule implementation and rising costs will affect timing and rates.
Public-works staff (speaker 8) described sanitation capital needs including a service truck, hoist truck and a garbage truck in the near term, with additional garbage trucks and a backhoe in later years. Staff reminded commissioners that capital reserve timing constrains purchases and that recent cost inflation and California Air Resources Board (CARB) rules may raise vehicle prices or affect vehicle specifications.
Commissioners asked whether sanitation estimates were realistic and whether the department can buy some equipment using fleet‑purchasing rules like the police. Staff said some sanitation vendors do not offer governmental pricing and purchase methods vary; staff signaled a future rate review for sanitation service charges and noted timing of purchases may be delayed based on reserve balances.
