Deferred Fleet Maintenance Information

This discussion topic was requested by Council Member Joy Styles. 

From CM Styles:

The Arts, Parks, Libraries and Entertainment Committee had General Services Director Gerald Smith present their needs on September 3^rd and he will be completing his presentation on the 17th. He was asked to bring a deferred fleet maintenance list of all department needs that fall under General Services, but he has informed us that our fleet vehicle maintenance program needs to be properly assessed. He shared that he performed this same work in his previous job and it cost between $600-700k to have a third party pull the data together and it was completed in over nine months. 

Director Smith also shared that many of the vehicles that we have heard about being out of commission, are not the result of sudden breakdowns, but rather a failure to complete regular maintenance in a timely manner. Once the vehicles are outside of the needed maintenance window, they often become beyond repair and new vehicles are needed. There is a platform that he would like to purchase called Telematics that would alert staff to needed maintenance for the whole fleet. via computer. This would cut back on having so many inoperable vehicles at one time. 

He is also asking to upgrade the sound and voting system at Howard School.

Be on the lookout for these capital requests. Thank you!