The vehicles are based at this warehouse and most of the workers are dispatched from there to the 14 school sites. There are groundskeepers located at Amador and Argonaut High Schools. The Director of Maintenance believes the maintenance vehicle fleet of 14 is insufficient in number to meet all of the Department's needs. The only passenger car is for the Director's use and the other vehicles are trucks for staff use. Seven of the staff vehicles are assigned to individual schools for custodial or groundskeeper use.
Mileage is typically high.
One van, for example, is 21 years old and has an odometer reading of 213,000 miles. There is no scheduled preventive maintenance performed on the Department vehicles. There is no standardized procedure for a vehicle's driver to report problems with a vehicle. Repairs are done when the vehicle breaks down. When a vehicle needs service, the driver must deliver it to the Department of Transportation garage in Jackson and arrange for another worker to take him and his tools to his work site.