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Council asks staff to study Enterprise fleet-management proposal after detailed presentation
Summary
After a presentation by Enterprise representatives about fleet leasing and management, the Keene council directed staff to analyze the proposal in line with the city budget and report back; council asked for finance input and raised questions about costs, resale and implementation risks.
Enterprise fleet representatives presented options March 6 to the Keene City Council for replacing, maintaining and remarketing municipal vehicles under a program Enterprise calls fleet management (acquisition, maintenance, fuel management, telematics and remarketing). After a two-hour presentation and extended public and council discussion, the council voted unanimously to direct staff to analyze the proposal against the city's budget and to return with detailed findings.
Nick Hardwick, the Enterprise presenter, described the company's model: factory acquisition through cooperative purchasing, programmatic vehicle cycling to capture resale value, a fixed-cost maintenance option for newer vehicles and a range of services from telematics to full inbound remarketing. "Our goal is to make the fleet more efficient overall, both fiscally and operationally for the city," Hardwick…
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