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To congratulate Fleet Administrator, Kelly Reagan on being named as the Public Fleet Manager of the Year and to acknowledge the employees of the City of Columbus' Division of Fleet Management for receiving the 2016 #1 Leading Fleets in America Award.
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WHEREAS, the Leading Fleets Award, sponsored by Ford, recognizes public fleet operations that demonstrate innovative leadership, operational efficiency, a vision for the future, and fleet operations which have successfully overcome challenges; and
WHEREAS, the Award, which is open to public fleet operations in the U.S. and Canada, is judged by five industry professionals; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus' Division of Fleet Management under the leadership of 2015 National Fleet Manager Hall of Fame Inductee, Columbus Fleet Administrator Kelly Reagan, Operation Managers Bill Burns, John King and Assistant Operations Manager Deryl Seward and others has been named as the No. 1 overall fleet as well as the No. 1 Large fleet for fleets with more than 1,000 assets - Columbus has a fleet size which totals more than 6,400 units; and
WHEREAS, since Kelly Reagan’s hiring in 2007, the Columbus Division of Fleet Management has received every number one ranking that is currently available in the automotive public fleet industry, this includes: # 1 100 BEST FLEETS in North America which it received in 2014 beating out 38,000 public fleets from across the nation; 1st place for the GOVERNMENT GREEN FLEET AWARD in 2011; Clean Fuels Ohio “Champions Award” for 2009 & 2011; and most recently the #1 LEADING FLEETS IN AMERICA and PUBLIC FLEET MANAGER OF THE YEAR 2016; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Division of Fleet Management innovative pursuit of excellence has not only helped to save our tax payers money but has also allowed the Division to enjoy the distinction of being ranked among the top 10 for the “100 Best” program over the last 7 years and in the top 10 for Leading Fleets; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Division of Fleet Management employees have also achieved the Automatic Service Excellence (ASE) Blue Seal for the 9th year in a row for 2016, thus remaining the largest municipality to hold this prestigious recognition; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Division of Fleet Management employees have demonstrated through achievements such as these that they are one of, if not the best run public sector fleet in North America and is recognized as a pioneer in the industry for its use of safe, cost effective and environmentally preferred Compressed Natural Gas (CNG); its building of fueling infrastructure; its purchase of vehicles dedicated to CNG and its current Electrical Vehicle (EV) vehicles and infrastructure implementation through winning the Smart Cities grant; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby congratulate Fleet Administrator, Kelly Reagan on being named as the Public Fleet Manager of the Year and acknowledge and thank the employees of the City of Columbus' Division of Fleet Management for receiving the 2016 #1 Leading Fleets in America Award.