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Fleet department seeks extra technicians and two-shift schedule to reduce breakdowns
Summary
Fleet managers asked the council to add heavy-duty technicians and reorganize to two shifts, citing high unscheduled work and an aging parts/maintenance system that is slowing vehicle turnaround for public-safety and service vehicles.
Fleet leadership told the council the city’s fleet — roughly 812 assets including fire and garbage trucks — is carrying heavy unscheduled work and needs additional technicians and updated shop equipment to avoid repeated breakdowns and downtime.
In the March 26 presentation, the fleet manager said heavy-duty assets currently require an industry benchmark of roughly one technician per 15 heavy-duty vehicles.…
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