MANAGING PUBLIC SECTOR VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT
The Detroit Police Department is taking over most of the city’s towing services from contractors, and it has purchased six additional tow trucks to do so.
First Vehicle Services will handle management, maintenance, and repair for all fire department vehicles and equipment in Seminole County, Fla.
Bringing maintenance in house is expected to save the City of Fort Wayne, Ind., nearly $350,000 per year.
Berkeley County, W.Va., is handing over preventive and light fleet maintenance to the Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority.
Fleets at the greatest risk of privatization are those that haven’t given it much thought, thinking it won’t happen to them.
The City of Victorville, Calif., has purchased five command vehicles for its newly relaunched Fire Department and plans to expand its fleet even further.
Bringing its fleet of electric utility trucks up to the necessary safety standards would cost an estimated $700,000. The City of Gonzales (Texas) will determine whether it is more affordable to outsource all utility operations.
The City of Des Plaines, Ill., will advertise bids for an outsourced street sweeping services pilot in an effort to save money.
A City of Chicago car wash vendor has been charged with theft of $931,900 from the city through a contract pass-through scheme, falsely claiming it was working with a minority business enterprise.
The El Paso County, Texas, fleet expects to save money after purchasing a machine to run vehicle emissions testing in-house, a job that was previously outsourced.