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Elko City Council authorizes $945,942 buyout to exit Enterprise Fleet Management program
Summary
Council voted to exit the Enterprise Fleet Management lease program and authorized a payment to buy out 25 vehicle leases, citing poor service, decommissioning delays and staff time costs; staff say buying vehicles outright will save interest and reduce administrative burden.
The Elko City Council voted July 22 to exit the Enterprise Fleet Management (EFM) lease program and authorize a payment to buy out 25 leased vehicles, a move staff said will reduce long-term costs and administrative burden.
Finance Director Julie Davis told the council the city had not realized the promised savings from EFM and that fleet management services — notably vehicle decommissioning and management coordination — had fallen short. She said decommissioning requirements were changed without prior notice, adding significant time and unexpected expense to public-safety vehicle turn-ins.
"We were sold a bad bill of goods on this," Mayor Reese Keener said, summarizing staff concerns about missed deliveries, lease extensions and lost trade-ins that hurt budget planning.
Staff presented a buyout figure for 25 vehicles (leases extending into some cases through 2030) and argued that purchasing the vehicles outright will avoid future interest and allow the city to retain and reassign equipment longer.
A council member moved to authorize the exit from the EFM lease program and proceed with payment to buy out the 25 leases; the motion was seconded and approved. The council recorded the item as a priority to return the fleet procurement process to local purchasing where feasible and to rely on local dealers or Sourcewell contracts for future vehicle purchases.
The council did not provide a detailed line-item funding source during the meeting; staff said the buyout will be paid from appropriated funds and that further procurement steps would follow.
Next steps: staff will process the buyout payment, finalize asset ownership transfers, and begin transitioning fleet acquisition and management back to city-controlled processes.
