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FuelCover Storyby Mike Scott & Thi DaoOctober 25, 2011

City of Fort Worth Establishes First-Ever National Fuel Contract

By creating and using a national fuel contract, the City of Fort Worth, Texas, saved $40,000 in its first year alone. The City expects savings to increase as more agencies join the cooperative contract.

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Equipmentby Cindy BrauerOctober 25, 2011

Certification Success Helps Rochester Fleet ‘Tell Its Story’

The City of Rochester, N.Y., Equipment Services team earned Certified Fleet Management Operation (CFMO) status with a nearly perfect score — 97 percent. The achievement validates the fleet’s industry competitiveness.

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Maintenanceby Brian FayOctober 25, 2011

State of Utah Vehicle Utilization Study Optimizes Fleet

Through its vehicle utilization study, the State of Utah was able to reduce fleet size by 46 vehicles and save on depreciation, maintenance, and repair costs.

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Remarketingby Daryl LubinskyOctober 25, 2011

Good Fleet Management Leads to Good Remarketing

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ revised remarketing plan has already led to positive results — an auction at a new location this year drew 600 bidders and brought in $715,000 in sales.

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Equipmentby Barbara BonansingaOctober 25, 2011

Cultivating Next-Generation Off-Road Equipment Experts

With the current rate of technological change, training and developing a network of skilled off-road equipment technicians and operators are no small tasks. Universities, technical schools, and industry manufacturers are teaming up to train the equipment experts of tomorrow.

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Operationsby StaffSeptember 7, 2011

Fleet Manager Salaries Average $75,510

Tight budgets have frozen many fleet manager salaries across the board. Data shows only a 1 percent increase in average salary in the past two years, to $75,510. Find out how fleet managers are compensated based on region, education, fleet size, and more.

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Operationsby StaffSeptember 7, 2011

Support Staff Salaries

Fleet support staff salaries have not seen increases in a few years. GF presents average salaries for key titles as well as the number of filled positions in a fleet.

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Fuelby StaffSeptember 7, 2011

Fleet and Fuel Management Systems

Find out which fleet and fuel management companies are most used by public sector fleets, how much they cost, and fleet manager satisfaction level with the systems purchased.

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Equipmentby StaffSeptember 7, 2011

Vehicle & Equipment Inventory

In a time of rightsized vehicle inventory and extended replacement cycles, what does the average fleet consist of and how long is it keeping its vehicles and equipment? GF examines fleet unit breakdown, unit age, replacement cycles, and federal and state unit totals.

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Operationsby StaffSeptember 7, 2011

Customer Departments

Fleets report servicing between one to 22 different customer departments, with Public Works being the most reported fleet customer. GF explores and analyzes fleet's most common clients.

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