Authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) FY2026 Section 5339(c) Low or No Emission Program in the amount of $7,941,515. for the purchase of six (6) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Transit buses and two (2) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Trolley Buses for the replacement of one (1) diesel bus and seven (7) CNG Buses. It will be an 85%/15% Fed

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Authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) FY2026 Section 5339(c) Low or No Emission Program in the amount of $7,941,515. for the purchase of six (6) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Transit buses and two (2) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Trolley Buses for the replacement of one (1) diesel bus and seven (7) CNG Buses. It will be an 85%/15% Federal-to-Local Split which is FTA (85%) $6,750,287.75 and Transportation Development Credits (TDCs) through the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) (15%) $1,191,227.25.

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.8/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).