Freebee’s proposal was ranked #1 by the staff selection committee:

• The total contract price proposed at $665,000 is an increase of just over $110,000 over the prior cost.

• Riders will be charged $2/rider intended to reduce taxpayers’ burden. In 2025 there were just over 55,000 riders ($110,000).  

• Freebee to pay the Village at least $60,000 in advertising revenue they receive.

• To provide scheduling flexibility, Freebee proposed increasing the number of vehicles, but not the total hours of service.

• In the proposal the Village can change vehicles from the 5 passenger Tesla sedan to the 7 passenger VW Buzz. No restrictions mentioned.

However, it now appears that Freebee does not want to live up to the terms in their proposal that resulted in the #1 ranking.  Their primary concerns - the number of vehicles; cost and time to change vehicles; potential vehicle scheduling change.  

And we hear the council may not want to implement the $2 rider fee immediately, in order to provide notification to riders.  With the number of riders averaging over 4,000/month, a six-month delay as suggested, would cost taxpayers an estimated $50,000.