Title/Name/Summary
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Services Contract Extension with Joe Rizza Ford of Orland Park
History
Due to a Village-wide Early Retirement Incentive (ERI), and an assessment of the Village’s fleet management operations by Mercury Associates in 2020/2021, which provided recommendations regarding the overall size, condition, maintenance and replacement of its publicly-owned vehicles and equipment, the Vehicle Maintenance shop reevaluated staffing in more cost effective ways to conduct the Village’s core business.
Originally, the Village’s Fleet Division included a Vehicle and Equipment Operations Manager, three (3) full-time mechanics, an inventory specialist, and a maintenance worker, all under the oversight of a Fleet Manager. The Division was reduced to two (2) full-time mechanics and one (1) maintenance worker; all under the oversight of the Assistant Director of Public Works while the assessment was conducted. The inventory specialist position was replaced with a contracted services agreement through NAPA Integrated Business Solutions (IBS).
The work from the elimination of the mechanic position was outsourced via a contract with Joe Rizza Ford of Orland Park for general vehicle maintenance responsibilities in October 2020 for a one (1) year term. Most of the Village’s sedans and light duty trucks are Ford products. Fortunately, the Village has a Ford dealership in town, which provides a convenient and cost effective resource for maintaining the Village’s Ford vehicles.
Presently, the Village’s fleet is comprised of approximately 191 vehicles and associated pieces of equipment as follows:
Light Duty Automobile - non police use (13)
Light Duty Truck/SUV/F150/250 (28)
Medium Duty Truck, Bus, F350/450/550 (28)
Heavy Duty Plow Truck (single axle) (21)
Heavy Duty Plow Truck (tandem axle) (5)
Police/ESDA Interceptor - Sedan, Utility, Tahoe (70)
Backhoe (3)
Wheel Loader (3)
Sewer Jet Trucks (1)
55”- 65” Aerial Trucks (2)
Vans-Cargo & P...
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