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Falls City School Board approves new buses

By John Nixon

05/11/2022

(KLZA)-- The Falls City Board of Education Monday night approved a recommendation from the Transportation Committee to move forward with leasing a 65 passenger Blue Bird Bus for a period of five years and also purchase an additional bus.

The annual lease amount will be $17,062. District 56 will only need to pay for new tires and oil changes and have the bus covered for insurance purposes. Nebraska Central Equipment will cover all other maintenance needs for the bus.

The Transportation Committee felt leasing the bus would be a good experiment to see if the District wants to move from owning buses to leasing buses in the future.

The Board also approved the purchase of a Blue Bird Vision 72-passenger bus at a cost of $133,477.

A 2019 bus purchased during the current fiscal year will be traded in on the new bus ordered. The cost for the 2019 bus was $65,100. The company has agreed since they had no new buses available, they would allow the bus to be traded back to them at full price, less $1,600.

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