Mass Transit board approves Chevron field test to evaluate oils on Sun Metro buses

On Aug. 4, 2026, the El Paso Mass Transit Department Board approved a resolution authorizing a field-test agreement with Chevron Overnight Company LLC to test oils on buses operated by Sun Metro. The clerk said the agreement "is to test oils on buses operated by Sun Metro" and described the term as beginning on the date of the agreement and ending on Sept. 1, 2029.

The approval occurred on the consent agenda and was moved and seconded during the meeting; the motion was described in the transcript as made "by board member Nino" and seconded by "board member Canales." The presiding official closed the voting session and announced the item was approved unanimously. The transcript does not record the clerk's personal name; the role label "Clerk" is used here to match the meeting's speaking roles in the record.

The resolution authorizes the board to enter the field-test agreement; the transcript contains no further details about test procedures, oversight, budgetary implications, environmental review, or performance metrics. The board took the action during its routine consent process, and the meeting adjourned shortly afterward.