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Authorizing Fleet Services to amend 2022 fiscal budget, to increase 2022 Spending in the Fleet budget, by $1,000,000 to purchase equipment and telematics integration services.
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WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council and Mayor Melvin Carter are dedicated to making Saint Paul one of the most sustainable cities in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Fleet Services is working to implement more sustainable fleet operations by improving unhealthy lifecycle behaviors and increase the detailed collection of vehicle behavior data; and
WHEREAS, Fleet Services is working to improve fleet operations thusly by improving driver behavior, equipment utilization, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and reducing risk to the City its employees and its citizens; and
WHEREAS, Fleet Services would like to utilize unrestricted fund balance while maintaining a fiscally responsible fund balance more than a 25% reserve; and
WHEREAS, Fleet is now able to integrate telematics data in to M5 to optimize fleet performance, progress routine maintenance compliance, reduce operating costs, and improve driver behavior; and
WHEREAS, Fleet is now able to replace overdue capital equipment well beyond its economic life cycle;
WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Section 10.07.1 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does certify that there are available for appropriation total revenues in excess of those estimated in the budget, funds of $1,000,000 in the Public Works General Fund;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon recommendation of the Mayor, that $1,000,000 is available for reallocation in the 2022 Fleet budget, and said budget, as heretofore adopted by the Council is hereby further amended as indicated in the attached fiscal analysis form.
Financial Analysis
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