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erwise impact air quality. Clark also says
Athens-Clark has increased the use of hy-
brid vechicles within municipal fleet op-
erations. In fact, he says not long after the
local police department acquired Toyota
Prius vehicles to help tend to administra-
tive functions, the department went on to
acquire additional Prius which now help
with traffic enforcement. “Anyone who
thinks that a Prius doesn’t have the power
to pull someone over for a traffic stop -
think again,” says Clark.
Clark says the community is current-
ly developing infrastructure of electric
recharging stations to better support use
of electric vehicles. “Our tax assessor is
now using a hybrid vehicle and we’re
also using hybrids in some of our waste
management operations. We’re making
progress each year and seeing more and
more traditional roles being fulfilled by
non-traditional vehicles,” says Clark.
Ultimately, when combining every-
thing that is happening in social and en-
