Do you ever wonder who services and maintains the Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicles, or the County construction machines that create flat surfaces for roads?
The Fleet Division of the County’s Central Services Department maintained and serviced over 770 County-owned vehicles in FY 2018-19, ensuring that County staff could provide important public services to the community. This skilled team of 13 turns Chevy Tahoes into Sheriff’s vehicles, maintains the County fuel site, and services mammoth dump trucks, graders and excavators county workers use to build new roads and bridges. The division is located on Kansas Avenue as part of the County Operations Center and overlooks beautiful Cerro Romauldo.
The Fleet Services team has a reputation for being reliable, professional and friendly and has the awards to prove it.
In April 2019, the division was named as one of America’s “Leading Fleets of 2019” by Government Fleet Magazine and the American Public Works Association (APWA). Each year, only 50 fleet teams in the nation are recognized with this industry award. Those honored demonstrate excellent leadership, efficiency and field competitiveness.
April brought another prestigious recognition as the team was designated as an accredited agency by the American Public Works Association (APWA).
To be accredited, an agency must not only adhere to, but exceed the ‘best practice’ measures of over 175 procedures. Out of 38,000 eligible agencies, only 197 have earned accreditation. Of these 197, our County’s Fleet Services Division happens to be the second standalone Fleet to ever receive the honor.
The team was audited thoroughly in November 2018 in each of the 175 areas, and was required to produce the documentation, policies and procedures to ensure each requirement was met. The team met 100% of the compliance goals and a few of the practices were reported as “model,” by the APWA. One of these particular findings, the thoroughly successful implementation of the Local Motion program, utilizes ride-sharing and alternative fuel vehicles.
The County is just behind Google as one of the first pioneering agencies to employ this system. The division was awarded in December 2018 and presented the accreditation to the Board of Supervisors in April 2019.
The division continued to raise the proverbial bar for all other Fleet teams as they were ranked number 16 by the “100 Best Fleets in North America” program in April 2019. This program, administered by Governing Magazine, recognized operations with the highest performance standards and a voracity to continuously improve.
Over 38,000 fleets are eligible to qualify like the Leading Fleets award, but the “100 Best Fleets in North America” program places higher emphasis on forward thinking and creativity, two traits familiar to this innovative team. Innovations such as their team-implemented oil filtration system, their adoption of the Local Motion program and their in-house technician training are all examples of progressive thinking and innovative success.
This was Fleet’s fourth consecutive year earning the award.
While these awards are well-deserved and revered, the team finds tremendous value in being able to serve the County in a unique way. When you see a Sheriff’s patrol vehicle rushing down the highway en route to a rescue, graders smoothing new road surfaces or a County vehicle carrying a Social Worker to assist a family in need, it’s comforting to know the County’s outstanding fleet team has a supporting role in that success.
The Fleet Division of the County’s Central Services Department maintained and serviced over 770 County-owned vehicles in FY 2018-19, ensuring that County staff could provide important public services to the community. This skilled team of 13 turns Chevy Tahoes into Sheriff’s vehicles, maintains the County fuel site, and services mammoth dump trucks, graders and excavators county workers use to build new roads and bridges. The division is located on Kansas Avenue as part of the County Operations Center and overlooks beautiful Cerro Romauldo.
The Fleet Services team has a reputation for being reliable, professional and friendly and has the awards to prove it.
In April 2019, the division was named as one of America’s “Leading Fleets of 2019” by Government Fleet Magazine and the American Public Works Association (APWA). Each year, only 50 fleet teams in the nation are recognized with this industry award. Those honored demonstrate excellent leadership, efficiency and field competitiveness.
April brought another prestigious recognition as the team was designated as an accredited agency by the American Public Works Association (APWA).
To be accredited, an agency must not only adhere to, but exceed the ‘best practice’ measures of over 175 procedures. Out of 38,000 eligible agencies, only 197 have earned accreditation. Of these 197, our County’s Fleet Services Division happens to be the second standalone Fleet to ever receive the honor.
The team was audited thoroughly in November 2018 in each of the 175 areas, and was required to produce the documentation, policies and procedures to ensure each requirement was met. The team met 100% of the compliance goals and a few of the practices were reported as “model,” by the APWA. One of these particular findings, the thoroughly successful implementation of the Local Motion program, utilizes ride-sharing and alternative fuel vehicles.
The County is just behind Google as one of the first pioneering agencies to employ this system. The division was awarded in December 2018 and presented the accreditation to the Board of Supervisors in April 2019.
The division continued to raise the proverbial bar for all other Fleet teams as they were ranked number 16 by the “100 Best Fleets in North America” program in April 2019. This program, administered by Governing Magazine, recognized operations with the highest performance standards and a voracity to continuously improve.
Over 38,000 fleets are eligible to qualify like the Leading Fleets award, but the “100 Best Fleets in North America” program places higher emphasis on forward thinking and creativity, two traits familiar to this innovative team. Innovations such as their team-implemented oil filtration system, their adoption of the Local Motion program and their in-house technician training are all examples of progressive thinking and innovative success.
This was Fleet’s fourth consecutive year earning the award.
While these awards are well-deserved and revered, the team finds tremendous value in being able to serve the County in a unique way. When you see a Sheriff’s patrol vehicle rushing down the highway en route to a rescue, graders smoothing new road surfaces or a County vehicle carrying a Social Worker to assist a family in need, it’s comforting to know the County’s outstanding fleet team has a supporting role in that success.
