 Auditor General William Holland said in a report released Thursday
that many of the state's automobiles aren't driven enough to justify
having them. The auditor also says 2 in 5 vehicles that were
personally assigned racked up a lot of commuting miles.The
General Assembly asked Holland to review the state's 16,600-vehicle
fleet, which costs $129 million a year.
Holland said one-quarter of the 100 vehicles auditors studied were
not driven the 7,000 miles considered the minimum necessary to
justify a car.
There are 5,100 vehicles assigned to employees who take them home
because they use them so much. But Holland said commutes topped 30
percent of total mileage on nearly half of them.
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