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Fleet director warns of large replacement backlog; asks council for $5 million in replacement funds and $691,329 for maintenance
Summary
Salt Lake City fleet staff told the council the city has about 390 vehicles due for replacement (estimated replacement value $38 million) and presented replacement and maintenance funding requests to stabilize operations and support electrification planning.
Salt Lake City fleet staff briefed the council May 13 about the fleet fund budget for FY26 and the inventory's aging and replacement needs.
Nancy Dean, fleet division director, and Deputy Director Jorge Camaro told the council the proposed FY26 maintenance request is $691,329 to cover operating cost increases tied to personnel, utilities and admin fees. They also requested $5,000,000 from the general fund replacement bucket to replace aging vehicles across police, fire, public services, public lands and other departments.
Dean said the fleet contains about 390 vehicles or pieces of equipment currently due for replacement, representing…
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