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• Miles Driven: (chart) • Miles Per Gallon: (chart) Note: A new fuel management system was implemented during FY 11, providing greater data reliability Fuel Scorecard Comments: • Increased fuel use attributed to: • Increased law enforcement and emergency response vehicle miles • Driver behavior including idling, hard acceleration, hard braking, speeding • Solution: • Active vehicle replacement program; • higher fuel efficiency standards; • consistent, comprehensive, sustainable driver behavior training and education • Cost Avoided — Energy (image) • Cost Avoided —Water (image) • Cost Avoided — Fuel (image) Alan Dorman reviewed the Energy Scorecard and said the energy use per square foot has reduced 14.3 percent since the FY 2009/10 baseline year. He said this is ahead of the goal for FY 2013. He said the water reduction per square foot has reduced by 6.7 percent since FY 2009/10, to 14.87, which was ahead of the goal. He said fuel consumption and efficiency have not improved, and fuel usage has increased by 8 percent since FY 2009/10, to 260,000 gallons. He said miles per gallon have decreased by 8 percent. He said fuel usage by Emergency Services has increased by 37 percent due to the introduction of a larger ambulance platform and an increase in mileage as a result of more vehicles driving more miles. He said in the category of miles driven, the same increase occurs for Emergency Services and the Sheriff's Department, related to more vehicles on the road driving more miles. Commissioner porosin questioned why an increase in the size of the fleet would not be accounted for in the calculation. Alan Dorman said he will talk in a few minutes about some of the initiatives to address the issue, such as driver behavior and idling. Chair Jacobs noted that there was a sheriff candidate forum where it was stated that for every hour on the road, the sheriffs are idling for 15 minutes. Commissioner porosin said it is one thing if it is an issue of efficiency, but it is another issue if 911 calls are up by 50 percent. Alan Dorman said Emergency Services has had the largest drop in miles per gallon, and this is directly attributable to the larger ambulances. He reviewed the Scorecard comments slide and the solution ideas. Alan Dorman said $370,000 in energy cost has been avoided over the past 3 years through the County initiatives, and $53,000 in water usage cost has been avoided. He said the fuel cost has increased, but through targeting driving behavior staff hopes to turn this in a positive direction.