PARK CITY, UT - County Manager Bob Jasper said he wants to cut costs by requiring employees to pay to drive their county vehicles home if they live outside Summit County.
Read More →GREEN BAY, WI - The City of Green Bay's fleet of vehicles has hovered around 400 vehicles for the past several years. City officials said they work on maximizing efficiency, and the vehicles are necessary to perform job duties.
Read More →PORTLAND, OR - In Oregon, the Portland Water Bureau has decided to delay implementation of a new Renewable Fuels Standard to meet goals for 2010, according to DJC Oregon. The standard would have changed July 1 to require all diesel sold in Portland to have a blend of at least 10 percent biodiesel.
Read More →IRVING, TX - With a number of employees retiring and/or leaving the City, the City of Irving has shifted a number of responsibilities that affect the city fleet.
Read More →RALEIGH, NC - Some North Carolina agencies have changed their procedures to reduce how much they're spending on state-owned cars each month.
Read More →CHILLICOTHE, OH - More than $250,000 was able to be saved through a careful scrutiny of every bill coming into the office and through some procedural changes made to operations.
Read More →AUSTIN, TX - The six-month pilot program is essentially a barter agreement in which car2go receives on-street parking spaces in exchange for City of Austin employees' use of car2go vehicles for City business purposes. There is no exchange of revenue.
Read More →FORT SMITH, AR - Eighty-seven percent of take-home vehicles were cut in August 2008, reducing use to only 10-12 vehicles. Fort Smith Police Chief Kevin Lindsey has proposed a policy change that would put more than 50 vehicles back into play.
Read More →GRETNA, LA - As a cost-cutting measure expected to save more than $300,000, 39 Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office employees will lose their take-home vehicles, and 20 more vehicles could be eliminated.
Read More →LOCKPORT, NY -Under the policy proposed by County Manager Gregory Lewis, he would have final approval over department heads' motor vehicle use.
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