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Oxnard committee hears report on surplus-vehicle process; no vote recorded
Summary
Fleet Services Manager Jose Areola told the Public Works and Transportation Committee that Oxnard's fleet management identifies vehicles for retirement using service-life, regulatory and cost criteria, reassigns usable units across departments, and disposes of surplus through Finance-administered sales or donations; the report recommended the committee "receive and file."
Jose Areola, fleet services manager for Oxnard City, presented a report to the Public Works and Transportation Committee on Dec. 9 detailing the city's surplus vehicle process and recommended the committee "receive and file" the document.
Areola said the city's fleet totaled about 977 vehicles and pieces of equipment as of August 2025, with an estimated combined value of about $57.4 million. The inventory includes passenger vehicles, light, medium and heavy-duty trucks, refuse and dump trucks, fire apparatus, trailers and construction equipment.
According to Areola, the Fleet Services…
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