The Fleet Management Division maintains the city's motorized equipment for other city departments and divisions such as Police, Fire, Refuse, Transportation's Street Maintenance section and others. The division also develops vehicle utilization and replacement policies. Fleet Management is an internal service division of the Public Service Department, billing other city agencies for services provided.

The mission of the Fleet Management Division is to provide a state-of-the-art total fleet management service to allow other city departments and divisions to operate equipment in a cost-effective manner, minimizing the city's equipment budget.

In 1999, Fleet Management's 138 employees will be responsible for keeping approximately 6200 city units operational. Units include city vehicles and other motorized equipment.

Each week, approximately 700 vehicles are brought to Fleet Management for preventive maintenance and repair at our six locations. In 1999, an estimated 119,000 hours will be charged directly to vehicle repair.

Estimates for 1999 indicate the division will enter into parts contracts valued at $3.4 million with 70 vendors. The division will also procure over 3.6 million gallons of fuel for our customers.

Over the next few years, Fleet Management's goal is to build a new centralized maintenance facility. Our main location occupies a former truck storage building which was converted to a maintenance facility in 1974. Since that time, the City's fleet has grown and service needs exceed the capacity of the facility. By building a new maintenance facility, we will centralize several of our maintenance locations, improve efficiencies and thereby save taxpayers' dollars, while expanding our service capabilities well into the 21st century.