Centralized Fleet Maintenance offers a wide variety of services to all departments and affiliated entities of Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government

These services include: overseeing and maintaining a wide array of items from filters to tail light bulbs to nuts and bolts and windshield wipers in support of all departments; provide road service and help to coordinate tire services, front end work, glass work and transmission repairs as required by departments; maintain and operate a complete fuel station and dispense all essential fluids; monitor vendor correspondence and are constantly on the lookout for changes and innovation in equipment design and performance that will be of benefit to the Parish and it's various departments in accomplishing their mission; with information provided by our Finance Department we maintain a recall notice file on all parish owned equipment and take any and all actions necessary to protect the interest of the parish; and mechanics are on 24 hour call.

The ultimate goal of Centralized Fleet Maintenance is:

To improve and enhance productivity; improve efficiency; promote safety and provide excellent customer service.

 To establish an electronic library of reference material, this electronic resource will be used to locate parts, materials and information and increase the effectiveness of the department and it's personnel.

To establish a car pool. The creation of a car pool would be of benefit to many departments who may have limited or unscheduled needs for transportation such as out of town meetings or training seminars.

To upgrade Parish facilities. We are currently reviewing conditions of the physical plant and carrying all possible improvements within budgetary constraints as well as itemizing needed repairs and/or reassignment of work areas.

 To explore opportunities in the area of farming out certain functions that may prove cost effective in the long run such as regularly scheduled service.

To establish a safe and secure area for storage of surplus items.

The Centralized Fleet Maintenance Department is currently making use of all
electronic resources that maintain records from which data can be extracted and
distributed to department heads to in management decisions. This is
building process that will take time become fully implemented.

Reports generated by the system are used to analyze various needs as they
occur and are being used for: Tracking Annual Inspections, Scheduling Regular
Maintenance, sorting fleet records by type, unit number and departmental
assignment, etc.

We are currently working with the Purchasing Department to monitor fuel card usage on all parish owned vehicles and reorganizing inventory procedures such as stocking and securing filters and batteries and grease that should generate an annual potential savings of over $30,000.