SEQUIM — The City of Sequim’s maintenance worker Cindy Budd has a brand-new Might-E-Truck to drive around town. It’s an electric utility vehicle purchased specifically for janitorial and maintenance duties. Compared to the 1997 van she was using, it’ll save over $800 in fuel costs while keeping over 7200 pounds of CO2 emissions out of the air each year.

It’s part of the new way of thinking at the City of Sequim that Public Works Director David Garlington says makes sense in more ways than one.

Designed for local and neighborhood use with a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour and a charge that will last for up to 50 miles, the vehicle was purchased through the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services state contract for $43,000.

In a related story that we reported in October, Clallam County PUD has come up with a proposal to create an electric vehicle charging station in downtown Sequim that would run on solar power. It would be funded by a joint partnership between the City of Sequim and the PUD.