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Calipatria Unified approves conditional purchase of three electric buses under HVIP
Summary
The Board approved piggyback purchases for three electric buses under the HVIP public school bus set-aside, using South County Support Services Agency bids. The district was conditionally approved for three buses and trustees approved the motion by roll call (6 ayes, 1 absent).
Calipatria Unified School District trustees voted March 10 to approve dealer and bus purchases for three electric buses under the California HVIP public school bus set-aside, using the South County Support Services Agency piggyback bids.
Trustees approved the purchase motion by roll call: 6 ayes and 1 absent (Trustee Michael Fong). The agenda materials list piggyback bid references and two model lines cited for procurement: GreenPower Model BEAST_GVWR and Model CE 3402_GVWR. The district has been conditionally approved to receive three electric buses under the program, and the Board authorized the piggyback purchase as recommended in the meeting materials.
The approval was presented as part of the district's transportation and capital planning; trustees discussed procurement via existing cooperative bids to expedite delivery. No specific delivery dates or final financing terms were included in the Board motion or posted materials.
