Top 2009 News: 2009 100 Best Winners Announced

TORRANCE, CA – The award ceremony took place at the 2009 Government Fleet Expo & Conference, held June 8-10 in Denver with Hillsborough County earning the No. 1 spot.

by Staff

December 30, 2009

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Original post date: June 18, 2009

TORRANCE, CA – The results are in! Now two-time winner Hillsborough County, Fla., took home the award for the No. 1 Fleet. The award ceremony took place at the 2009 Government Fleet Expo & Conference (GFX), held June 8-10 in Denver, Colo. Award sponsors include Invers Mobility Solutions, National Joint Powers Alliance, Government Fleet Magazine and the 100 Best Fleets in North America program.

"I believe that as an organization, Hillsborough County Fleet Management has continued to demonstrate leadership," said Sharon Subadan, CAFM, CPFP, director of fleet management for Hillsborough County. "The economic and fiscal challenges facing our local municipalities have presented fleets with new and unique opportunities to be creative and effective. We have once again made strides in meeting this challenge and will continue to do so. We are humbled yet pleased to be recognized for the second consecutive year."

The 100 Best Fleets award program recognizes and rewards peak performing public sector fleet operations in North America. The program also identifies and encourages ever-increasing levels of performance improvement within the fleet industry. The purposes of the 100 Best Fleets program are outlined below:

Identify outstanding operations for others to emulate.
Provide recognition within the larger organization and the community that the winning fleets serve.
Promote pride in the industry and provide recognition within the national fleet community.
Promote ever-increasing levels of productivity and operational effectiveness.
Encourage more individuals to consider fleet operations as a career choice.

The Top 20 Fleets are ranked below, with the remaining best fleets listed in alphabetical order.

Hillsborough County, FL
Denver Public Works, CO
City of Fort Lauderdale, FL
City of Portland, OR
City of Culver City, CA
Manatee County, FL
City of Fresno, CA
Broward County, FL
City of Chicago, IL
City of Oxnard, CA
Palm Beach County, FL
County of Monterey, CA
Polk County, FL
Town of Greenwich, CT
Broward Sheriff's Office, FL
City of Fort Wayne, IN
City of Columbus, OH
City of Long Beach, CA
City of Fayetteville, AR
City of Troy, MI

Alachua County, FL
Alameda County GSA Motor Vehicles Dept., CA
Allegheny County, PA
Arapahoe County, CO
Arizona DOT
Austin, TX
Bakersfield, CA
Baldwin County, GA
Beaufort County, SC
Boise, ID
Cecil County, MD
Cedar Rapids, IA
Chesapeake, VA
Citrus County, FL
City of Eugene, OR
Coconut Creek, FL
Collier County, FL
Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado State
Conroe, TX
Contra Costa County, CA
Davie, FL
Daytona Beach, FL
Denton, TX
Eagle County, CO
Fairfax County, VA
Fairfield, CA
Fernandina Beach, FL
Fort Worth, TX
Glendale Water and Power, CA
Harford County, MD
Irving, TX
King County, WA
Knoxville Utilities Board, TN
La Plata County, CO
Las Vegas Valley Water District, NV
Liberty County, TX
Little Rock, AR
Loveland, CO
Maricopa County, AZ
Marietta/Board of Light & Water, GA
Martin County, FL
Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources
Moline, IL
Monroe County, NY
Montgomery County, MD
Neptune Township, NJ
Nevada DOT, Equipment Division
New York City Police Department, NY
Newport, RI
Oceanside, CA
Orange County, FL
Pittsburgh, PA
Plano, TX
Plant City, FL
Port St. Lucie, FL
Prince George's County, MD
Prince William County, VA
Richland County, SC
Riverside County, CA
Sacramento, CA
San Antonio Water System, TX
San Clemente, CA
San Diego, CA
Skookum-Fort Riley GSA Fleet, KS
Snohomish County, WA
State of Delaware
Sunrise, FL
Tacoma Public Utilities T&D, WA
Tacoma, WA
Thornton, CO
Tinker AFB, OK
Town of Buckeye, AZ
Town of Mt. Pleasant, SC
UC Davis, CA
University of Minnesota
Vancouver, B.C.
Virginia DOT
Volusia County, FL
Wilmington, DE

Stay tuned for the 100 Best Fleets article in the upcoming issue of Government Fleet Magazine.

Topics:Awards 100 Best Fleets Government Fleet Expo Green Fleet

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