Stacy Maples, an Enterprise Fleet Management representative, told the court Enterprise could give the county full visibility into vehicle maintenance, fuel use and resale value and recommended selling surplus county vehicles to seed replacement leases. “Every single asset that y'all have prior to lease program was paid for in a past fiscal year. As we liquidate that, we're able to put it back into this year's budget,” Maples said.

Enterprise proposed two immediate technical steps. First, a swap of the county’s WEX fuel program arm to an ExxonMobil‑integrated feed so odometer entries at fuel pumps flow automatically into Enterprise’s fleet system; Maples said Exxon would provide the pump‑level mileage data and a 5¢ discount per gallon at ExxonMobil stations. Second, Enterprise proposed a maintenance‑card rollout so every repair is logged into the central system and overseen by ASC‑certified technicians; Maples said 139 county vehicles currently in the fleet database show no maintenance records in the system and that lack of visibility prevents effective lifecycle decisions.

Maples said about 60–80 owned county assets could be remarketed immediately; Enterprise’s remarketing team is paid to seek the best auction or dealer resale price and the company would provide screenshots and proceeds ledgers for audit. In a worked example, Maples showed that, after selling older units and using proceeds, the county might increase leased vehicles from 118 to about 147 while still reducing the budgeted total cost by roughly $228,000 in the example. Maples stressed data cleanup is required — many owned units are not yet tracked for maintenance and mileage — and proposed a department‑level rollout and training so maintenance and fueling go to preferred vendors.

County staff and commissioners asked practical questions. Commissioners asked how Enterprise would handle large repair vs. replace decisions; Maples said Enterprise will run a fair‑market valuation and advise whether to repair or replace; if the county replaces, resale proceeds can offset costs. The court also asked about controls: the enterprise program can route repairs above a threshold for county approval and provide reports of negotiated savings. Enterprise said resale and leasing contracts do not include markups beyond dealer charges; the firm said it will work to use state‑contract dealers to reduce added dealer markup.

The court signaled broad interest in moving to more centralized fuel and maintenance tracking; the county auditor and purchasing staff said two items — the WEX transition and enterprise authority to sell owned vehicles — were on the upcoming court agenda for formal approval. Maples said she would return with a six‑month and annual report on realized proceeds and utilization metrics.

Ending: Staff recommended a department rollout to ensure drivers use issued maintenance cards and fuel cards so the county can begin to realize resale proceeds and more predictable maintenance spending.