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SEARCHMENUSEARCHEVANSVILLE, IN — In response to increased fuel costs and in accordance with suggestions made by the city of Evansville efficiency study, Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel on Sept. 19 an-nounced changes to the city employee take-home vehicle policy that will reduce the number of assigned take-home vehicles, excluding public safety vehicles, from 23 to 10.
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 →SALT LAKE COUNTY, UT – Salt Lake County's fleet had been reselling cars an average of 18 months after purchase. Salt Lake County officials, however, are looking to get more use out of their fleet before replacing the unit, according to the Associated Press.
Read More →Clearing out 330 vehicles from its fleet, the city of Philadelphia will avoid $9 million in spending over the next five years. With the fleet reduction, and a groundbreaking, automated vehicle-sharing program, the city’s 10-step program looks to be a success.
Read More →ROCKFORD, IL - Winnebago County officials are asking why the county is paying the city of Rockford $90 every time a county vehicle gets an oil change at the garage in the downtown Public Safety Building, according to the Rockford Register Star newspaper.
Read More →SOCORRO, NM – The County Commission of Socorro County, N.M., revised the personnel policy covering vehicle use, according to the El Defensor Chieftain.
Read More →SCOTTSBORO, TX – Mayor Dan Deason of Scottsboro, Texas, reported to the city council that he would not make sweeping changes in the city's policies with regards to the use and consumption of fuel, according to the Daily Sentinel.
Read More →ANN ARBOR, MI – A plan by the city of Ann Arbor, Mich., to replace 13 vehicles with 40,000 or fewer miles was halted by one council member, according to www.mlive.com.
Read More →BIRMINGHAM, AL – The Jefferson County Commission agreed to change the way it replaces vehicles by switching to a lease-purchase system, according to the Birmingham News.
Read More →TUCSON, AZ — Most of Tucson's commercial garbage collection trucks will be out of service indefinitely for repairs, forcing a minor change in collection times for the city's 3,700 commercial customers, according to the Associated Press.
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