High Gas Prices Prompt Municipality to Scrutinize Take-Home Vehicle Use
The Borough of Flemington in New Jersey now requires employees with take-home vehicles to keep a weekly log of their mileage driven.
March 29, 2022
The Borough of Flemington in New Jersey now requires employees with take-home vehicles to keep a weekly log of their mileage driven.
March 29, 2022
The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans spent an excessive amount — nearly $400,000 — in fuel and repair costs for take-home vehicles in 2014, a city audit found.
November 2, 2015
The City of Lexington, Ky., mayor signed an executive order that temporarily allows police officers to drive their cruisers for personal use at no cost to them.
July 15, 2014
Douglas County, Ga., commissioners are set to approve a new vehicle policy that would implement vehicle allowances instead of take-home vehicles, as a cost-savings method.
December 17, 2013
The chief auditor of the City of Hartford, Conn., has recommended a vehicle-sharing pool and GPS trackers to reduce the cost of take-home vehicles in the city's fleet.
October 29, 2013
SYRACUSE, NY – An audit of the City of Syracuse Police Department's take-home vehicles concluded that the PD should consider implementing GPS tracking to monitor daily usage of its vehicles and reduce its take-home fleet.
August 23, 2012
CHICO, CA - The City of Chico's Central Garage was able to save the replacement fund $1.6 million and saved $85,234 in reduced fuel consumption in the past three years.
November 1, 2011
NEW ORLEANS - A follow-up audit of the New Orleans Aviation Board's fleet operations found it had failed to implement seven of the nine fleet recommendations from a 2009 audit it had pledged to follow.
October 20, 2011
CANTON, GA - Cherokee County is facing a 30-percent increase in fuel costs when compared with the previous fiscal year.
August 22, 2011
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA – Gwinnet County is facing a 30-percent increase in fuel costs this year but has taken steps to combat this fuel price increase, from an anti-idling policy to joining a regional fuel-buying co-op.
August 11, 2011
SAN DIEGO - The audit recommended eliminating 76 vehicles in the fleet to reduce costs.
July 14, 2011
ALBANY, GA - The Albany City Commission voted to give Jim Hinton Oil Co. a contract for $3.4 million for E-10 blended gasoline and two kinds of diesel.
July 13, 2011
GAINESVILLE, FL – The City of Gainesville reduced the number of take-home vehicles used by City employees from 40 down to a total of five.
May 23, 2011
LOUISVILLE, KY - City of Louisville police officers who do not use their vehicles for secondary jobs will not have to pay take-home vehicle fees.
March 7, 2011
WASHINGTON - District of Columbia Commissioner Tommy Wells released Feb. 28 the preliminary findings of the procurement and use of DC official vehicles following public scrutiny of two fleet vehicles leased for the DC Chairman of the Council.
February 28, 2011
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