TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Michael Gibson, Interim Assistant City Manager
Jeffrey Yates, ICMA-CM, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Tyffany L. Neal, MPA, Transit Director
Taylor Floyd, Budget Director
DATE: October 12, 2026
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Accept and Appropriate $235,875 in NCDOT Urban State Match Funding for Transit Bus Purchases and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Necessary AgreementsTitle
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
The grant supports Strategic Plan Goal IV, Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate, by supporting investment in safe, reliable transit service. State participation in bus purchase costs reduces the City’s funding contribution and preserves local resources while maintaining the transit investments already approved.
Executive Summary:
Capital Project Ordinance Amendment 26-0691 accepts and appropriates $235,875 from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) through its Urban State Match Program to reimburse a portion of the City’s contribution toward eligible battery electric bus purchases. The state contribution covers 10% of the eligible purchase cost, replacing half of the 20% share originally funded by the City. The amendment changes the project’s funding sources without increasing its $5,676,500 budget. Staff recommends returning the $235,875 in City funding replaced by the state to the General Fund.
In addition, this item authorizes the City Manager to execute the agreements necessary to implement the grant.
This action changes how the approved bus purchases are funded; it does not authorize additional buses or expand transit service.
Background:
Capital Project Ordinance 2023-11, adopted October 10, 2022, established the transit capital project for battery-electric and hybrid buses and charging infrastructure under Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Grant 2022-059. The proposed state match agreement, NCDOT Project 26...
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