Horry County (S.C.) Fire/Rescue is replacing one-third of its fire fleet by purchasing $7.7 million worth of pumpers, ladders trucks, and tankers.
Read More →The City of Rome, N.Y., is considering short-cycling its vehicles in an effort to update its aging fleet. Motivated by neighboring cities and towns already using this strategy, officials are working with an auction company to see if the plan is possible.
Read More →Facing a ballooning parts budget for its aging fleet of 205 vehicles, Bay City in Michigan is seeking to nearly double its vehicle replacement fund to $1.8 million.
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The Newport News, Va., City Council has approved $1 million toward replacing fleet vehicles at least nine years old. The expenditure is the second lowest for new vehicles in seven years.
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The Chatham County (Ga.) Sheriff's Office should reduce its "relatively large motor fleet," a review from a consulting firm found. Consultants said the agency has assigned too many of its 184 vehicles to its detention center.
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Montgomery County, Md., plans to add as many as 14 new fire and EMS vehicles by July 1 with funding from a newly collected ambulance transport fee expected to generate $18 million a year.
Read More →City of Quincy, Ill., Mayor Kyle Moore hopes raising refuse collection prices and charging private haulers to work in the city will allow the city to replace seven of its nine refuse trucks and set aside $100,000 per year for vehicle replacement.
Read More →The City of South Jordan, Utah, council has agreed to replace one third of its vehicles and will borrow $1.2 million to partially pay for the fleet purchases, the South Valley Journal reported.
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Government Fleet's online poll shows that 12% of respondents are not replacing vehicles this fiscal year; 49% will be able to replace some vehicles, but they're are are not back on track with replacements.
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RALEIGH, NC – An evaluation of vehicles operated by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) in the North Carolina Department of Justice (DOJ) stated that the SBI’s vehicle management generally followed best practices, but there is room for improvement.
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