OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The Marion County Public School Board voted unanimously to approve the purchase of new vehicles for their fleet at their meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.
The board voted to purchase 13 new vehicles for the maintenance department, and when the capital budget was approved in September, the board allotted $1.3 million for vehicles for the operations department, with 11 of the vehicles being replacement vehicles, said Dr. Angela Usher, Marion County Public Schools facilities director. The vehicles being replaced in some cases were more than 20 years old and have high mileage, and their repair costs would be extremely high.
The new vehicles are a generator truck, and a truck for the plumbing department, said Usher. Theres is still one other vehicle to be brought before the board, a septic pump truck, and on Nov. 11, 2025, the board approved the purchase of a clamp truck for the custodial department. The total cost for the board item is $735,896, with the funding coming from capital projects…