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Maintenanceby StaffAugust 29, 2013

Seavey Retires From Seattle, Joins PG&E

Dave Seavey, CAFM, Fleet Management Division director for the City of Seattle, announced that he will retire from the City and will join Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) as its director of fleet operations. Chris Wiley, CAFM, fleet operations manager, serves as interim fleet director.

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Policeby StaffAugust 29, 2013

Clayton N.C. Enters Sparta Municipal Lease Program to Buy Police Motorcycles

The Town of Clayton, N.C. is using the financing provided by the program to purchase new BMW police motorcycles.

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Green Fleetby StaffAugust 27, 2013

Sacramento Launches ‘Tap & Go’ Car Share Technology for EV Motor Pool

The City of Sacramento, Calif., fleet is using Local Motion technology to better manage the electric vehicles in its motor pool. The technology allows drivers to use their employee IDs to check out vehicles instead of getting a key and lets them see the remaining battery life on each vehicle.

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Green Fleetby StaffAugust 26, 2013

Three Mississippi Municipalities Begin Converting Vehicles to Natural Gas

Three municipalities in Mississippi — Flowood, Pontotoc, and Quitman — are in various stages of converting City-owned vehicles to operate on compressed natural gas (CNG).

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Operationsby StaffAugust 25, 2013

Baltimore Purchases 4 Fire Engines

The Baltimore City Fire Department (Md.) is purchasing four new pumping engines for $2,151,604. The Pierce DASH engines are purchased through a cooperative purchasing contract with fire departments in other states, according to the Baltimore Brew.

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Green Fleetby StaffAugust 23, 2013

Dane County’s BioCNG Fueling Station Turns Trash Into Gas

The Dane County, Wis., fueling station, located at a landfill, will help generate 250 gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) of compressed natural gas (CNG) per day. This CNG fuel will be used for County vehicles.

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Green Fleetby StaffAugust 23, 2013

Fargo, N.D. Receives Grant to Study CNG for Fleet

The City of Fargo, N.D. has received a $50,000 grant from the North Dakota State Energy Program to study the feasibility of using compressed natural gas (CNG) to operate City vehicles.

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Policeby StaffAugust 23, 2013

Camden County, N.J., Police Fleet Manager Accused of Posing as Officer & Robbing Pedestrian

Camden County, N.J. Police Department Fleet Manager Richard Dayton allegedly used a police badge and radio to pose as a police officer and rob a pedestrian. Dayton retired from active duty police work in 2005 and later joined the County's Police Department as its fleet manager.

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Policeby StaffAugust 23, 2013

Detroit Receives First Group of Emergency Response Vehicles Purchased With $8M Corporate Donation

The City of Detroit has received 10 new ambulances and 15 new police vehicles as part of the first group of vehicles, out of a total 123 paid for by an $8 million donation from the local business community.

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MaintenanceAugust 22, 2013

Washington County, Minn., Wants to Shift Fleet Focus to Preventive Maintenance

The Washington County, Minn., Public Works Department wants to shift its fleet from a “bust-n-fix” operation to a preventive maintenance (PM) operation in 2014.

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