After five-year pilot, supervisors extend Enterprise fleet contract and ask for EV progress report

The Board of Supervisors authorized on Jan. 27 the conclusion of a five-year pilot with Enterprise for fleet management (118 vehicles) and approved a term extension of the existing master lease agreement, budgeted at $6.9 million.

Sheriff's CAO Gary Warkentin told the board the pilot delivered measurable savings: a weighted average cost-per-mile roughly 8.24% lower than the prior General Services arrangement and an average 60-month operating-cost savings of about $7,265 per vehicle across the nine vehicle classes included in the pilot. The pilot covered primarily administrative and non-patrol vehicle classes; patrol vehicles were not included in the pilot.

Board members asked about electrification. Staff said one county electric vehicle is in service (another was in an unrelated accident) and that fleet staff have identified 37 county vehicles as potential EV candidates as charging infrastructure is built out. Fleet Manager Tiffany described coordination with General Services on charger locations, integration with fuel/charging vendors and plans to deploy additional EVs as vehicles reach replacement cycles. The board asked for a report back on EV pilot deployments and infrastructure work within roughly a year; staff agreed to return with more detail.

Supervisors also discussed fleet-service staffing and internal-service-fund implications if many vehicles moved off county ownership; staff said the pilot reduced internal administrative overhead and that careful analysis is required for scaling. The motion to extend the Enterprise contract and formally adopt the pilot’s conclusion passed unanimously; the board requested periodic reporting on lessons learned and EV pilot deployments.