Tracking fuel use and improving maintenance of the county’s vehicles should save Kaua‘i taxpayers a “significant amount of money over the course of time,” Finance Director Wallace Rezentes Jr., said. Nearly all 550 vehicles in the county’s fleet now utilize
Tracking fuel use and improving maintenance of the county’s vehicles should save Kaua‘i taxpayers a “significant amount of money over the course of time,” Finance Director Wallace Rezentes Jr., said.
Nearly all 550 vehicles in the county’s fleet now utilize the Gasboy Fleetkey Management System, a technology Kaua‘i implemented last spring.
The county’s 41 buses will soon join those ranks, said Mary Daubert, county public information officer.
“When the site for the new Gasboy is selected and the fuel dispensing equipment is installed at the site, we’ll be able to add the county buses to the system,” Rezentes said in a press release. “The next step is for us to incorporate Gasboy’s scheduled maintenance feature.”
When a county employee fills up his/her assigned car or truck with gasoline at a county pump and the vehicle needs servicing, a message will appear on the fuel-dispenser window reminding the driver that it is time for the vehicle to be serviced, he added.
“If the vehicle doesn’t get tuned up and the recommended service date passes, the next time he attempts to fill up with gas, he’ll be locked out of the system,” Rezentes said.
Mayor Bryan Baptiste said the new technology is a way to improve county government efficiencies.
“With the high cost of fuel, the Gasboy system is helping to control the amount of fuel that’s dispensed and better manage when vehicles need to be serviced,” he said in a press release.
The Gasboy Fleetkey Management System uses special data keys that contain encoded information. It controls access to fuel-dispensing equipment by only activating pumps when valid keys are used.
