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NewsSeptember 14, 2009

City of Chattanooga Wants to Drop Take-Home Fees

CHATTANOOGA, TN - In a Sept. 11 meeting, the Chattanooga City Council made a decision to come up with the $400,000 required to restore take-home privileges for free to all city employees.

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NewsSeptember 14, 2009

HEVs Used By Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield

FORT STEWART, GA - Of the nearly 500 hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) already delivered to Army installations, seventeen are now part of Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield's general dispatch fleet or maintenance vehicles.

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NewsSeptember 14, 2009

Sonoma County Improves Fuel Efficiency with GPS

SAN DIEGO - The County of Sonoma, Calif., has completed its pilot phase of Networkfleet's diagnostic and GPS tracking system to reduce fuel costs and lower greenhouse emissions for the county's fleet of 1,000 vehicles.

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NewsSeptember 10, 2009

City of Natchez Take-Home Vehicles in Question

NATCHEZ, MS - Supplied to employees as a job perk, for after-hour calls, or business errands, elected officials began questioning take-home car assignments last week during budget interviews with department heads.

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NewsSeptember 10, 2009

Clackamas County Four-Day Week Cuts Fleet Costs

PORTLAND, OR - County commissioners agreed to continue indefinitely with the one-year pilot program after a series of surveys and a study by Portland State University found the program saved money and was popular with the public and employees.

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NewsSeptember 10, 2009

Canyon County to Use Grant Money to Green Fleet

CALDWELL, ID - Fleet will purchase hybrid vehicles and a nitrogen generator to increase fuel efficiency and reduce maintenance costs.

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NewsSeptember 4, 2009

Buncombe County Tightens Up Police Vehicle Policy

ASHEVILLE, NC - The Buncombe County Sheriff's Department has ended a long-standing policy of allowing deputies in county-owned cruisers to drop their children off at local schools while on their way to work.

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NewsSeptember 3, 2009

Greenville County Cars to Run on Propane

GREENVILLE, SC - Greenville County has been awarded a federal grant to retrofit 100 patrol cruisers to run on propane fuel.

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NewsSeptember 3, 2009

More Oversight Needed for New Orleans Airport Fleet, Audit Reveals

NEW ORLEANS - The report found the New Orleans Aviation Board was not properly documenting take-home vehicle assignments or properly reporting it on employee W-2 forms.

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NewsAugust 31, 2009

DeKalb County to Increase CNG Use

ATLANTA - With its recent funding awarded by the Department of Energy, the County will work to increase the supply of renewable compressed natural gas (CNG) while growing the availability of CNG fueling stations.

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