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Maintenanceby StaffMay 15, 2015

Audit Questions N.C. Utility's Maintenance Charges to City

The Fayetteville (N.C.) Public Works Commission has been charging the city up to 44% in markup and administrative charges to service the city's vehicles, according to an internal audit.

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Operationsby StaffMay 14, 2015

Cincinnati Budget Would Ramp Up Fleet Spending

The City of Cincinnati's mayor and city manager have proposed a 2016 fiscal-year budget that includes an additional $91 million for road repair, maintenance, and new fleet vehicles.

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Equipmentby StaffMay 14, 2015

Kubota to Relocate Corporate Headquarters to Texas

Kubota Tractor Corporation (KTC) and Kubota Credit Corporation (KCC) announced on May 14 that they will relocate their headquarters to Grapevine, Texas.

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Procurementby StaffMay 12, 2015

City Issues Purchasing Cards After Exercise Equipment Order

The City of Toledo, Ohio, departments will begin using “P cards,” or purchasing cards, following the unauthorized purchase of $7,000 in exercise equipment by fleet employees.

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Green Fleetby StaffMay 12, 2015

Montgomery County Opens CNG Fueling Site

Montgomery County, Md., recently opened its second compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station. The new site offers CNG and E-85 fuel to fleet and public drivers.

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Softwareby StaffMay 11, 2015

Mitchell 1 Adds More Graphs to ProDemand

Mitchell 1 has expanded its coverage of waveform and PID graphs in its ProDemand repair, diagnostic, and maintenance information program to now total more than 750,000 graphs.

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Operationsby StaffMay 11, 2015

Audit Takes NY County to Task for Fleet Oversight

A state audit has called out Delaware County's (N.Y.) fleet management practices, focusing its harshest critique on the county's lack of oversight of personal use and vehicle disposal practices.

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Safetyby StaffMay 11, 2015

GEM eL XD Cars Recalled for Welds

The recall from Polaris Industries affects 628 of the hybrid electric vehicles.

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Telematicsby StaffMay 8, 2015

Utility Service Provider to Implement Trimble Driver Safety Solution

Atlantic Tower Services (ATS), a full-service equipment maintenance, repair and installation service company that specializes in telecommunications infrastructure and electrical power generation, is implementing the Trimble Driver Safety solution across its fleet of vehicles.

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Maintenanceby StaffMay 8, 2015

Utility Service Trucks Analyzed in Benchmarking Study

Utilimarc's benchmarking report for light-duty service trucks uses data from 40 utility fleet clients and includes more than 3,600 vehicles under 20,000 GVWR with a service body without an aerial device.

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