MILWAUKEE — A city audit found that too many cars and trucks in the city’s fleet are underutilized, increasing operating costs to more than twice the guidelines used by the IRS, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Sept. 3. The audit said 61 percent of the 627 vehicles reviewed were driven less than 6,000 miles in 2003. It did not include law enforcement vehicles, fire trucks, or heavy equipment. The audit suggested that the fleet could be cut to 340 vehicles. The city’s 2005 budget will not include any money for new cars and will reduce the money spent on pickups by 30 percent, or $178,000, Mayor Tom Barrett told the Journal Sentinel. He said he will also consider selling some vehicles to reduce the fleet’s size. Annual operating costs have run approximately $11 million over in each of the last three years. Since 2001, vehicles in the DWP’s fleet have been cut by 20 percent and less money has been budgeting for replacement vehicles in 2005.