Require all-electric equipment in future landscaping contracts.
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The Town's latest landscaping contract includes targets for electrification of 25% of equipment fleet in 2022, 50% in 2023 and scheduled to move to 75% in 2024. The Town's contractor has experienced equipment failure and sourcing challenges for replacement parts for electric equipment, particularly with larger equipment. New regulation from the Air Quality Control Commission requires local governments in the ozone non-attainment area (like Superior) to stop using gas-powered push mowers and hand-held equipment during high ozone season (specifically June 1 to August 31) beginning in 2025. Our contractor is well-prepared to comply with the new regulation and the Town continues to work toward landscaping electrification where feasible. In 2026, landscape vendor partnering with Stihl Equipment on larger electric fleet for mowing.
status last confirmed: April 2026