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NewsAugust 19, 2010

County Fleet Faces Outsourcing

BROOKSVILLE, FL - Hernando County commissioners on August 17 made several moves designed to reduce its budget deficit, including outsourcing fleet maintenance and halting all vehicle purchases.

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NewsAugust 16, 2010

Budget Crunch Prevents New Orleans Vehicle Repairs

NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Equipment Maintenance Division is allegedly housing dozens of unrepaired police cars and city vehicles due to the budget crisis. In some cases, they’ve sat there for months.

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NewsAugust 16, 2010

City Budget Constrains Fleet Hiring

OPELOUSAS, LA - The City of Opelousas adopted a standstill budget for the coming fiscal year that begins in September, which may include putting on hold the hiring of a fleet manager position by adopting a more stringent preventive maintenance policy.

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NewsAugust 16, 2010

City of Rowlett Discusses Fleet Allocation

ROWLETT, TEXAS - The City of Rowlett council during a recent special budget workshop discussed its planned fleet acquisition strategy, addressing equipment age and shop size.

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NewsAugust 11, 2010

Contra Costa County Sees Savings from Vehicle Use Limits

MARTINEZ, CA - Budget cuts in Contra Costa County have led to reduced use of county vehicles. Vehicles traveled 2,459,597 fewer miles last year, a decrease of nearly 21 percent from the year before.

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NewsAugust 11, 2010

Judge Rules Louisville Can't Charge Patrol Car Fee

LOUISVILLE, KY - A Jefferson Circuit judge has upheld a state Labor Cabinet ruling that said Louisville metro government cannot charge police officers for use of take-home patrol cars without negotiating the fees as part of their contract.

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NewsAugust 11, 2010

Mayor Plans to Cut Houston Take-Home Vehicles

HOUSTON - Houston Mayor Annise Parker said she'll be reducing the number of take-home vehicles assigned to city employees in an effort to save $21 million in the municipal budget over the next two years.

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NewsAugust 11, 2010

VSU Awards Fleet Maintenance Contract to Shenandoah

PETERSBURG, VA - Virginia State University chose Shenandoah Fleet Maintenance and Management, LLC, to provide management and maintenance to its vehicle fleet under a subcontract to Campus Facilities Services as of the first of the year.

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NewsAugust 11, 2010

Polk County Sheriff’s Office Converts Fleet to microGreen Oil Filter

WINTER HAVEN, FL - Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Florida has converted their patrol vehicles to the microGreen Extended Performance Oil Filter, developed and manufactured by SOMS Technologies, LLC.

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NewsJuly 29, 2010

New York City Aims to Save $71M in Fleet Costs

NEW YORK - A report from the New York City Mayor’s Office of Operations includes recommendations estimated to save $71 million in fleet costs in four years by streamlining city fleet management, centralizing operations, cutting fuel use, and decreasing fleet size, among other measures.

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