Some years back the communities of the state of Minnesota watched as one school district after another sold their busses and contracted the service out because it was cheaper. In time one single contractor bought out his competitors and controlled the majority of the state's school busses. The cost for the service became more than many could afford. Because they had sold their busses..the cost to replace them (all at once) was prohibitive and the towns were caught between the proverbial "rock and a hard place".

Fairfax should very carefully study all of the uses the town has for the busses, the bus garage and the mechanics/drivers and establish what the actual/real cost to the town is for those services.  Then and only then after receiving a firm quote from an outside bus firm on "all of the actual services currently rendered" and doing a cost analysis comparing current cost versus quote can the town make a logical decision on this question.