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Friday November 20, 2009

Fleet Division

 
Manager:     Jake Sterling
Personnel:     One Fleet Division Manager, One Fleet Shop Supervisor, One Transit Shop Supervisor,  Two Parts Technicians , Eight Fleet Shop Mechanics and Two Transit Shop mechanics, two transit mechanics are paid through the transit budget.
Responsibility:    The Fleet Division is responsible for the support of The City Of Salisbury's vehicles and equipment.  The Fleet Division currently maintains 676 units in the city fleet or about 14 million dollars in assets. These units are broken down into 10 categories as follows:
 
89 Cars
119 Light Trucks
45 Heavy Trucks
71 Trailed Equipment
33 Off Road/Construction
12 Fire Equipment
43 Tractors
27 Stationary Equipment
9 Buses
201 Small Engine

Fleet division duties begin with the specification of equipment types need and carry through the vehicle life until recycled or disposed.  Four hundred(400) repairs are completed each month these ranges from minor service to vehicle modifications and major rebuilds.
The shop is open 5:00 Am to 5:00 PM each day and is on call 24 hours per day 365 days per year.  It is the goal of the Fleet Division to lower vehicle costs in many different ways.  These include: Reduce down time, increase dependability, increase asset utilization, monitor asset damage, extend equipment life, and modify or reassign existing equipment to meet changing needs.