BALTIMORE - Facing a mid-year reduction of $60 million in city revenues, the city's plans to immediately reduce spending include employee layoffs, proposed furloughs for all city employees, and cuts to the city take-home fleet.
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FL - Despite general revenue falling by $6 million, Clay County has managed to maintain public services through job cuts and reduced benefits for employees.
WILLOWS, CA - To avoid county layoffs, the board is considering dipping into county reserve funds, including $450,000 in its fleet reserve account for general reserve spending.
At one time, there was anonymity in being a public sector fleet manager - no more. All this changed with increased fuel costs, emission-reduction mandates, liability issues, new regulations, and escalated productivity demands, along with ongoing personnel, vehicle, and maintenance costs. Computerization of fleet data has created easy accessibility to this data, which facilitates scrutiny of fleet operations.
BIRMINGHAM, AL - With a reported 900 county employees furloughed, many of the cars in Jefferson County's more than 1,800-vehicle fleet have been parked since July 31.
ESCONDIDO, CA - Escondido, Calif.'s $6.7 million budget cuts resulted in the layoff of all emergency vehicle technicians and the downsizing of its ambulance fleet, according to the Union-Tribune.
The past few months have given me the opportunity to talk "fleet" with a large number of public sector fleet managers at the GFX and NAFA conferences. These conversations have allowed me to take the pulse of public sector fleet management. Based on my conversations, here what's on the minds of government fleet managers.
REDDING, CA – Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko's plea for more than $2 million to close his department's nearly $4 million budget gap was unanimously rejected June 8 by the board of supervisors, reported Record Searchlight.
NASHVILLE, TN – In efforts to keep 100 vehicles in the city's police fleet, all departments with vehicles have been ordered to find money-saving efforts in fleet expenses totaling $877,000, according to WSMV.
BIRMINGHAM, AL – Jefferson County's proposed budget cuts include reducing fleet size, cutting jobs, and eliminating departments, according to CBS42.
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