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Board discusses trading old cruisers to add activity buses after yellow bus purchase
Summary
After prioritizing a 54-passenger bus, board members discussed sequencing replacements: buy the yellow route bus first, then trade older cruisers into 15-passenger activity buses to increase driver-flexible capacity. They evaluated trade-in values and constraints on depreciation funds.
Board members explored trade-in strategies to stretch the district's transportation budget after agreeing to prioritize a 54-passenger purchase. Chair (Speaker 1) and other members sketched a plan where the district would acquire the yellow route bus first and then use trade‑ins to convert an older cruiser into a 15-passenger activity bus rather than buying multiple new vehicles outright.
Staff and board members walked through practical trade constraints: depreciation funds can be used for yellow buses and certain replacements but cannot directly purchase non-yellow activity vehicles without proper trade or accounting adjustments. Participants used rough example math (selling an old cruiser for a few thousand dollars, buying a 15-passenger for an estimated $120,000) to show available headroom in the bus-depreciation account and why sequencing matters.
