The council on Wednesday approved an amended contract with Motivate 4-0, with Commissioner Dan Saltzman off for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.

Under the deal, the city will buy $1.5 million in equipment using mostly federal grant money. Motivate Co. of New York will operate the program, covering costs with the revenue it generates from user fees and sponsorships.

Motivate operates municipal bike-share programs across the country, including New York’s Citi Bike and Capital Bikeshare in Washington, D.C. It’s the operator for 75 percent of the nation’s bike-share fleet.

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