A New Vehicle Fleet for CitCo

Back in 2018, when the Belize City Council first took office, they acquired a fleet of new vehicles to help their departments get around more efficiently. Fast forward six years, and those vehicles have seen some significant wear and tear. The fleet, which includes both diesel and electric vehicles, is now being traded in for a brand-new set. Mayor Bernard Wagner announced today that the council is investing one point two million dollars in this new fleet.

 

Bernard Wagner, Mayor, Belize City

“When we came into office in 2018, we only had like two pickup trucks to facilitate service for the city enforcement and traffic management. And at that point in time in 2018, we made a loan for 12 trucks for a five-year period. The trucks really did well for us. They performed well over that period of five years, but they deteriorated and depreciated over time and so as to not have them depreciate to the point where you don’t get back anything. What we have done with the existing trucks is trade those back in and in return get these twelve new pickup trucks. Seven of them are diesel and five of them are EVs and so with the trade-in value that we took, it really lessened the amount but the total value here, the 12 pickup trucks along with the three Foton utility trucks really run us about one point two million dollars. We’ll deploy in enforcement, we’ll deploy in traffic, we’ll deploy in works, we’ll deploy in sanitation, cemetery, all of these core departments require this sort of mobility. And so, having, and it’s made no sense for us to have vehicles that are run down, you spend a lot in maintenance, so it’s always good that you are able to trade in and get new equipment, which really take down operational costs.”