City of Madison - File #: 03552

• File #: 03552
• Version: 2
• Name: SUBSTITUTE - Hybrid Bus Purchase from Gillig
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/26/2006
• In control: TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION (ended 06/2018)
• On agenda: 5/16/2006
• Final action: 5/16/2006
• Enactment date: 5/19/2006
• Enactment #: RES-06-00469
• Title: SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into agreement with Gillig Corporation for the purchase of five (5) hybrid diesel-electric coaches at an estimated cost of $2,500,000, and authorizing the Transit General Manager to accept the assignment of coaches from CityBus of Greater Lafayette.
• Sponsors: David J. Cieslewicz, Noel T. Radomski

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/16/2006	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
5/10/2006	2	Traffic Engineering Division	Fiscal Note Required / Approval
5/10/2006	2	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office (SUBSTITUTES)
5/9/2006	2	TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION (ended 06/2018)	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL WITH THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
5/8/2006	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
5/2/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer
5/2/2006	1	TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION (ended 06/2018)	Refer
4/26/2006	1	Transit Utility	Fiscal Note Required / Approval
4/26/2006	1	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office
4/26/2006	1	Transit Utility	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
Up to 80% of the total project cost is funded by USDOT/FTA. The local share is included in the Transit Utility 2006 Adopted Capital Budget, project #1, Account #815006.
Title
SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into agreement with Gillig Corporation for the purchase of five (5) hybrid diesel-electric coaches at an estimated cost of $2,500,000, and authorizing the Transit General Manager to accept the assignment of coaches from CityBus of Greater Lafayette.
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PREAMBLE
Metro Transit would like to begin the process of transitioning away from buses powered with traditional diesel engines. Staff has been collecting information on alternatives to regular diesel-fueled buses for a number of years, developing an understanding of the fuels and technologies available in the transit industry. Hybrid diesel-electric drive systems on transit buses offer a means of improving fuel economy, reducing emissions, and lowering operating expenses. After a number of years of development and testing, hybrid diesel-electrics have become a preferred technology in the transit industry.

A joint subcommittee of the Board of Estimates and the Transit and Parking Commission worked with Metro staff in 2002 to develop a strategy to acquire hybrid diesel-electric buses. At that point, a decision was made to allow the technology to mature for three more years. In the 2006 capital budget process, the City approved Metro's 2006 Capital Budget request to fund the local share for five (5) hybrid diesel-electric buses. Metro has programmed the federal share (80%) for purchase of the vehicles in its formula and discretionary capital grants.

Staff has been working with bus and power-system manufacturers to identify "piggy-backing" opportunities through assignable options, and determined that a contract between CityBus of Greater Lafayette Indiana and Gillig Corporation offers the most attractive offer from the standpoint of equipment and ...