Enterprise Fleet Management tells Tooele school board district vehicles cost less per mile than IRS reimbursement, recommends telematics and targeted turnover

Enterprise Fleet Management told the Tooele Board of Education during a work session that the district’s fleet strategy has lowered operating costs per mile and improved vehicle safety, while raising questions about vehicle utilization and whether telematics should be added.

Bobby Westfall, area manager for Enterprise Fleet Management in Utah, said the company manages fleet life cycles “cradle to grave” — from acquisition through resale — and looks to replace vehicles before maintenance and fuel costs spike. He said the program the company runs for the district, begun after an RFP in 2017, is effectively an ownership model (an “equity lease”) with no mileage penalties and no wear‑and‑tear fees common to retail leases. “On these vehicles, your total cash outlay or your cents per mile on that vehicle was 11¢ a mile,” Westfall said, noting the IRS standard mileage rate at the time of the…