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 and Evaluation Director
DATE: October 12, 2026
RE:Title
Accept and Appropriate $117,938 in NCDOT Reimbursement Funding for Transit Bus Purchases and authorize the City Manager to execute necessary agreementsTitle
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
The reimbursement supports Strategic Plan Goal IV, Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate, by supporting investment in safe, reliable transit service. State participation in the cost of bus purchases reduces the City’s funding contribution and helps preserve local resources while maintaining the transit investments already approved.
Executive Summary:
Capital Project Ordinance Amendment 26-0590 would accept and appropriate $117,938 from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to reimburse a portion of the City’s funding contribution for transit bus purchases under Federal Transit Administration Grant 2022-059. The state contribution covers 10% of the eligible purchase cost, replacing half of the 20% share originally funded by the City for that purchase. The amendment changes the project’s funding sources without increasing its $5,676,500 budget. Staff recommends returning the $117,938 in replaced City funding to the General Fund.
In addition, this item authorizes the City Manager to execute necessary agreements.
Background:
The City’s transit capital project was established through Capital Project Ordinance 2023-11, adopted October 10, 2022, for battery electric and hybrid buses and charging infrastructure funded under Federal Transit Administration Grant 2022-059. A local match is the portion of an eligible purchase cost that federal grant funding does not cover. Under the NCDOT Transit Capital Purchase Munici...
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