Two Atlanta fleet proposals cover the same $1.20 million electric-truck agreement

Atlanta’s City Utilities Committee is scheduled Oct. 13 to revisit a held $1.20 million electric-truck purchase that also appears inside a broader $3.34 million fleet proposal on the same agenda.⁠[1][2]

Councilmember Andrea L. Boone’s resolution, 26-R-4128, would authorize an agreement with Georgia Kenworth, doing business as MHC Kenworth–Atlanta, for up to $1,195,699.84. Councilmember Dustin Hillis’s broader EcoFleet resolution, 26-R-3949, contains the same agreement number, vendor, vehicle descriptions and spending ceiling. The Kenworth amount is already included in that larger proposal; the two figures should not be added together as though they describe unrelated purchases.⁠[1][2]

The proposed Kenworth purchase concerns working vehicles: two types of stake-body utility trucks and a refuse hauler for Public Works, plus a utility dump truck for Aviation. Its operative language also covers related equipment, warranties, delivery and services, with payment from grant and local matching accounts.⁠[2]

Charging infrastructure has a separate place in the broader plan. That resolution would authorize up to $734,867 for Highland Electric Fleets to procure and install equipment providing 14 charging ports at 23 Claire Drive, 130 ASR Road and 2000 Central Cargo Circle. That proposed installation does not establish that the sites are ready to charge the trucks.⁠[2]

The matching Kenworth provisions establish overlap between two pending authorizations—not evidence of two completed orders. The records reviewed do not resolve which measure would supply the final authorization or establish when the trucks would be delivered.⁠[2]

The committee held Boone’s proposal Sept. 29 for additional information and further review. Full Council returned it to committee as held Oct. 5. The reviewed agenda and legislative history do not identify the information members sought.⁠[1][2]

Tuesday’s meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m., and the packet lists the Kenworth measure as pending. The checkpoint is not purchase approval or a guarantee of a vote. Even if the resolution advances, its text requires legal approval, mayoral execution, clerk attestation and delivery to the vendor before the agreement binds the city.⁠[1][2]