May 28, 2009 - Industry News
TORRANCE, CA – With local governments across the country working hard to cut costs under tight budgets, county and city take-home vehicle policies have become a more closely examined issue in recent months.
Tags: city vehicles, county vehicles, take-home policy, take-home vehicles, taxpayer money
May 11, 2009 - Industry News
OCEAN CITY, MD – City Council agreed to minimal cuts in the number of cars, reducing fleet by 12 vehicles, according to Ocean City Today.
Tags: city vehicles, Ocean City, personal use, take-home vehicles, vehicle policy
March 30, 2009 - Industry News
STOCKTON, CA – Stockton's city fleet and cars given to city employees as a perk are being scrutinized during its current fiscal crisis, according to the Stockton Record.
Tags: city employees, City of Stockton, city vehicles, Fleet, perks
By Eric Bearly In good times, your fleet operation can become an easy target for policy-makers trying to find money for pet projects. In hard times, the size of that target can grow out of control. When lifecycles are extended to extreme lengths, staff cuts go too deep, replacement funds are pilfered and logical fleet policy is replaced with uneducated number crunching, the results can be deadly.
By Eric Bearly
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