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Keeping the Grass and Your Budgets Greener

By Paul Dexler

Caring for large landscaped grounds, be they lawns, golf courses, parks, or cemeteries, requires sophisticated equipment and techniques.Here’s a look at some ideas for maximizing the use of your equipment.

Coppell Creates Safety Culture

By Fiona Soltes

The city of Coppell, Texas takes a proactive approach to fleet safety that includes hands-on driver training, annual MVR checks, safety-related employee performance reviews and an accident review committee.

Can the Public Sector Learn from Private Enterprise?

By Tom Johnson

Collaborating with the private sector, public agencies can develop creative ways to achieve cost-effective efficiencies. The City of Atlanta improved its fleet acquisition, maintenance, and customer service with help from UPS.

The Oil That Fries Food Can Also Fuel Fleets

By Matt LeGrande

People in the Village of Algonquin aren't simply cleaning kitchen pipes; they're contributing to a community effort. Collecting used vegetable oil has enabled them to safely fuel fleet vehicles that help keep their city skies clean.

Public Auctions Offer Benefit for Police Vehicle Resale

By Mike Scott

With public auctions, agencies can sell used law enforcement units to a targeted, knowledgeable market, without the hassle of organizing a mass sale of outdated vehicles.

LEDs Light the Way for Fleets

By Joe Bohn

LEDs offer numerous benefits over halogen and incandescent lights, including a low-amperage electrical draw and less required maintenance.

City of Inglewood Implements Programs to Cut Accident Costs

Fleet accidents cost the City of Inglewood millions of dollars each year, but new programs that monitor driving behaviors are expected to save the city hundreds of thousands of dollars.

King County Leads Hybrid Truck Buying Consortium

By Joe Bohn

Banding together in the Northwest Hybrid Truck Consortium, several Washington public sector agencies secured grant funding and negotiated pricing with manufacturers.

Irvine Selects Sprinter to Meet Handicapped Transport Needs

By Cheryl Knight

City of Irvine utilizes Dodge Sprinter vans for its TRIPS program, saving more than $10,000 per vehicle.

First-Ever Public Sector Survey: Fleet Manager Salaries Average $70,481

By Lauren Colin

On average, the majority of public sector fleet managers experienced a salary increase of up to 3 percent from 2005 to 2006, with fleet managers in the West pulling in the highest salaries. How do you stack up?

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What Technician Shortage???

By Eric Bearly
It brings me great joy to be the one to break the news that the technician shortage crisis facing public sector fleets around the nation has been averted. If this comes as a surprise to you, let me explain how I used my well-honed skills in deductive reasoning to come to this conclusion.

GF Market Trends

Budget Constraints No. 1 Issue Facing Public Sector Fleets in 2009

By Mike Antich
Steep declines in tax revenues are resulting in budget cuts at all levels of government, which most likely will persist for the next 12 to 24 months. These budget shortfalls are particularly acute at general fund departments. Adjusting fleet budgets to cope with revenue shortfalls is emerging as the number one issue facing government fleets in 2009.

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Take-Home Vehicles: Ending the Culture of Entitlement

By Mike Antich

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F&I Magazine - April 2008

In This Issue:
Dealers Looking for Answers at NADA Convention, Vehicle Finance Conference Takes On Credit Concerns, F&I in an X&Y World and much more…