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Board reviews proposed Transdev vehicle-maintenance contract; staff say new billing could save district roughly $50,000
Summary
Staff presented a draft three-year maintenance contract with Transdev that would bill Monroe Public Schools for actual labor and monthly parts, remove noncontract line items, and — depending on outside-work credits — could reduce net costs by about $50,000 compared with prior combined figures.
Staff presented a proposed maintenance contract with Transdev covering school-bus fleet work and outside contracts. The packet showed a prior-year baseline around $483,175; staff and the Transdev representative said the new model would bill actual labor each month and pass parts costs through, with credits when Transdev works on other local fleets. "We billed ISD, Head Start, Saint Mary's, combo $95,000 in labor," the Transdev representative said, adding that those hours would generate credits back to the district.
Board members asked about overtime, parts markups, and the contract length. Staff described overtime as an additional per-hour charge rather than baked into a fixed yearly overtime allowance, and said a technician regular hourly rate on the proposal is $66.91. Staff also explained a 3.5% annual adjustment in the draft; the contract term staff presented was three years for financial stability, but board members discussed the option of approving one year instead and revisiting rates later.
Presenters and the Transdev representative said the district could see a net savings compared with the prior contract-plus-noncontract total. One staff estimate in discussion compared a prior total near $658,000 (including noncontract work) and said the new contract figure was near $600,000, producing an approximate $50,000 reduction if outside-work credits materialize. The transcript records questions about technician retention and market wage pressures; presenters warned that local technician wages can vary and that recruitment/retention risk could affect future pricing.
The board did not record a formal vote on the contract in the provided transcript. Staff said they can provide more detailed line-item invoices and answer specific questions about historical noncontract charges and the invoicing format.
