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C.114

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Date:	March 31, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

20218/19 REPORT ON THE COUNTY'S VEHICLE FLEET AND INTERNAL SERVICES FUND FOR FLEET

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/31/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Julie DiMaggio Enea (925) 335-1077
cc:	IOC Staff Deputy PW Director Fleet Services Manager

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 31, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ACCEPT 2018/19 annual report from the Public Works Director on the Internal Services Fund and status of the County's Vehicle Fleet.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Reassigning underutilized vehicles would increase cost efficiency, but the fiscal impact was not estimated.

BACKGROUND:

In FY 2008/09, the Board approved the establishment of an Internal Services Fund (ISF) for the County Fleet, now administered by the Public Works Department. Each year, the Public Works Department Fleet Services Manager analyzes the fleet and annual vehicle usage, and makes recommendations to the IOC on the budget year vehicle replacements and on the intra-County reassignment of underutilized vehicles, in accordance with County policy. The Board requested the IOC to review annually the Public Works Department report on the fleet and on low-mileage vehicles.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Attached for the Board's review is the 2018/19 annual report on the ISF and low-mileage vehicles, as prepared by the Public Works Department. The IOC received and accepted this report on March 9, 2019.

The limited availability of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations has prevented the County from optimizing the County fleet. The price difference between a Level 2, 220V charger, which can charge a vehicle over an 8-hour period, and a Level 3 charger, which can charge a vehicle to about 80% in 30 minutes, is about $40,000. Most of the County's EV chargers are located in staff-only parking lots and are not available to the general public. Most of the grant opportunities for EV infrastructure require a County match and are conditioned upon the EV chargers being available to the general public.

Public Works identified two underutilized CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) Hondas in the County Fleet. These CNG Hondas are typically underutilized due to their limited range. The plan is to eventually replace these vehicles with either Volts or Leafs, which have greater range.

The Committee discussed the recent uptick in thefts of catalytic converters. Staff reported that the County had indeed experienced a spate of thefts and that preventative measures had proved unsuccessful; however, thefts have since tapered off.