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Nogales council updates city vehicle policy and moves to implement GPS fleet monitoring
Summary
The Nogales City Council approved revisions to the city vehicle policy clarifying that it applies to all public officers and to city-owned vehicles, and staff outlined plans to implement a GPS fleet monitoring program to track vehicle usage, idling and compliance.
The Nogales City Council voted March 5 to approve an update to the city vehicle policy clarifying applicability to all public officers, employees and city-owned or controlled vehicles, including tractors, trailers and heavy equipment.
City staff told the council the vehicle-policy update ties into a planned GPS monitoring program for the municipal fleet. City manager Joe Kramer and staff displayed screenshots from the chosen vendor platform (referred to in briefing as a Sentara program) and described functionality including live vehicle location, trip assignments, safety and compliance dashboards, training tracking and idle-time and fuel-use metrics. Kramer said the program costs about $30,000 a year for the city and that department directors would be able to see and manage their vehicle assignments.
Staff emphasized that the monitoring program will not be applied to police or fire operational units; Kramer said public safety units will be excluded from that part of the system unless those departments choose otherwise. The presentation noted fleet features to support defensive-driving training, incident reporting, scheduling and maintenance tracking. City officials also described plans to require major equipment vendors to locate support and maintenance capacity in Santa Cruz County and to develop apprenticeship programs tied to large projects like the Hermosa mine.
Council discussed rollout and procurement. Kramer said the city will begin implementing the policy and program promptly and that some fleets will be prioritized. Leo (the city’s new safety/risk manager) will oversee training and OSHA-related protocols linked to the policy. The council approved the policy update by voice vote.
