Craig Boyles from St. Louis County, Missouri, believes there are two aspects to successful management: passionate people and efficient, up-to-date facilities.
How four fleets changed their strategies and reaped the benefits.
A recent survey of public fleet professionals showed that 78% of respondents are expecting a decreased operational budget and 81% are expecting a decreased capital budget for the next fiscal year.
Miami-Dade County, Fla., fleet staff continue to service Solid Waste and Police vehicles while purchasing fuel more often and stocking up on extra parts.
According to a report from the State Auditor, the Town of Chapel Hill failed to detect inconsistencies between the work done and the parts charged.
A former inventory specialist for the Washington County, Minn., is accused of stealing more than $6,000 in automotive parts and tools from the county.
A former St. James Parish (La.) transit mechanic is accused of purchasing $11,000 in automobile and boat parts using parish funds that did not fit parish-owned vehicles, a Louisiana investigative audit found.
Fleet operations often work along imaginary lines that separate city, county, and state entities. But combining resources can help agencies take advantage of economies of scale.
Two weeks after latex gloves stuffed into public works vehicles’ gas tanks temporarily disabled the fleet, the City of Mount Vernon, N.Y., is again facing a vehicle shortage.
Better data use, better parts management, and better technician training and advancement programs are some of the improvements the City of San Jose, Calif., has made in the past few years.
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