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SEARCHMENUSEARCHSALEM, OR — Daniel Clem's gasoline bill was more than $905,000 last year. Clem is the fleet manager for Oregon's Department of Administrative Services, which is responsible for more than 3,000 vehicles assigned to various state agencies, according to the News-Register.
Read More →PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL — Palm Beach County Fleet Management Division entered in a three-year fuel purchase agreement with the FBI, with a five-year option to renew the agreement. The FBI office located in Palm Beach County was looking for ways to cut its fuel cost and contacted the county inquiring about purchasing fuel from their 13 fuel sites.
Read More →BOSTON — Boston Mayor Thomas Menino recently test-drove a hybrid SUV around Government Plaza to promote the city's planned mass conversion to a more fuel-efficient fleet of cars.
Read More →MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ — As a result of the rise in gasoline costs, 69 Monmouth County employees, including most department heads, will no longer be permitted to use all-expenses-paid county vehicles to commute to work.
Read More →GAITHERSBURG, MD — Mercury Associates, Inc., the fleet, travel, and relocation management consulting firm based in Gaithersburg, appointed Stephen W. Burnett as associate vice president in the firm's fleet management consulting practice.
Read More →LADSON, SC — Freightliner LLC intends to divest its American LaFrance (ALF) fire and emergency services manufacturing business unit. Based in Ladson, ALF was acquired by the Freightliner organization in 1995 as part of a corporate expansion.
Read More →INDIANAPOLIS — Many small-town governments are looking hard at their fleet expenditures to ease strained budgets due to pump pains. One way to cut costs is to limit city employees from taking home fleet vehicles, according to news reports.
Read More →SALT LAKE COUNTY, UT — A new report outlining fleet overhaul says the majority of Salt Lake County's fleet will slow to a seven-year replacement cycle, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Sheriff's and sanitation vehicles will not go to the seven-year cycle. The change is expected to reap $2.7 million in savings the first year and $27 million over the next decade.
Read More →MONTGOMERY, AL — Local counties have enacted emergency plans to deal with a shortage of gas and keep sheriff's deputies on the road, according to the Montgomery Advertiser. Elmore County declared a state of emergency Thursday to comply with the state bid law and allow county vehicles to begin filling up at gas stations.
Read More →GAITHERSBURG, MD — Mercury Associates, Inc., an automotive fleet management consulting services firm, has announced that Janis Christensen, CAFM, has joined the company as senior manager and director of Corporate Fleet Management Consulting Services. Christensen is responsible for directing the activities, consultants, and associates in Mercury's new Corporate Fleet Management Services Division and will continue as a consultant and managing editor to Automotive Digest.
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