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Recognizing Progress, Leadership in Fleets | The June Dispatch
Catch up on the past month, whether you're interested in GFX news or Government Fleets' go-to articles for your operation.
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Read More →OLYMPIA, WA – For the first time, public agencies in Washington bought more hybrid cars than standard gasoline-powered cars in a model year. Public agencies bought 222 of the hybrid Toyota Prius compared to 218 standard vehicles through state contracts managed by the state Department of General Administration. Agencies also bought 206 hybrid Ford Escape SUVs and 390 flexible-fuel vehicles, those capable of running on a mixture of gasoline and ethanol.
Read More →BEVERLY, MA – Beverly, Mass., City Councilor Bill Coughlin has submitted a proposal that calls on the Beverly City Council to oppose the inclusion of the personal-use value of a city vehicle in computing an employee's pension payment.
Read More →AMHERST, MS – It's going to be a little easier to get around U-Mass and the four other colleges in the Amherst area.
Read More →FOREST PARK, IL – An employee at a carwash in Forest Park jumped into a police car and drove off, only to hit several parked cars and injure a police officer and two fellow carwash employees.
Read More →SOCORRO, NM – The Socorro County, N.M., commissioners passed a resolution to set the county's policies on travel and reimbursement in an attempt to standardize the policy interdepartmentally.
Read More →SALT LAKE CITY – Renata Caine has joined Wright Express as the government account manager, where she supports public sector fleets nationwide. In this role she works with her customers to attain cost efficiencies in both fuel and service expenditures.
Read More →BURLINGTON, NJ – Arsenault Associates has released Dossier Maintenance Software, Version 4.3, which incorporates new customer-driven features and options. The new Repair Order and Invoice Data Import feature eliminates manual entry of vendor invoices and repair orders by importing invoice data directly into Dossier's database from a vendor's electronic file.
Read More →LOS ANGELES – US Auctions has signed a three-year auction contract with Omnitrans of San Bernardino County, Calif. After a competitive bid, US Auctions was selected to auction transit buses for Omnitrans for the next three years with two additional single-year extensions.
Read More →UKIAH, CA – The City of Ukiah has bought four Toyota hybrid vehicles to add to its expanding alternative-fuel fleet.
Read More →CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA – Contra Costa County in Northern California estimates a savings of $30,000 annually once its 150-vehicle diesel fleet switches to biodiesel.
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