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Fleet Services oversees the City’s fleet inventory and is responsible for the purchase, maintenance, and disposal of fleet assets.
The team manages the City’s fleet maintenance contract for nearly 1,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment which departments
rely on to perform their work. The fleet maintenance vendor is responsible for preventive maintenance, repairs and upfitting.
Fleet Services also manages the purchase of fuel for the organization.

Solid Waste Management and Recycling manages the contract for operating the City’s 800-acre sanitary landfill. Operations at
the landfill include the recycling of green waste and concrete. The landfill also includes a waste-to-energy facility. In FY19, an
energy developer completed construction of a new facility that converts landfill gas into renewable natural gas. The team also
manages the contract for providing trash and recycling collection services to City residents and businesses. Staff is responsible
for various diversion programs, including e-waste recycling and composting. In FY 2019, the team partnered with the University
of Texas at Arlington to design a compost cleaning station. This station allows staff and volunteers at the compost site to clean
reclaimed buckets used in transporting fruit/vegetable scraps and coffee grounds from many of UTA’s food establishments back
to the compost site. The site composts more than 92,000 pounds of food scraps annually.
Communication and Legislative Affairs has divisions in
Executive Support, City Secretary’s Office, Vital Statistics, Office
of Communications, Action Center, Intergovernmental Relations
and Document Services. Due to the varying types of work,
Communication and Legislative Affairs collaborates with various
City departments through communication efforts, open records
requests, customer service, intergovernmental relations, City
Council agenda management, legal postings, revenue
enhancement, records management and managing special
projects. The department also directly serves the City Manager’s
Office and the Office of Mayor and Council. The Communication
and Legislative Affairs Department not only facilitates work across
departments to enhance cooperation within the organization, but also takes the lead in connecting City government to Arlington’s
residents through City Council meetings, on-line and social media, answering calls from residents on a variety of topics and
telling the story of the work that the organization does. The City's Intergovernmental Relations Division is primarily responsible
for developing state and federal legislative agendas, monitoring legislation and activities, and managing the City's state and
federal lobbyists. The department also manages resources such as printers and copiers throughout the organization with the
goal of improving work efficiencies and effectiveness.

The Human Resources Department is comprised of five strategically focused divisions, which include Civil Service,
Employee Operations, Employee Services, Organizational Development and Risk Management. The department’s partnership
with the organization’s workforce drives the City’s mission, purpose and core values, while building a thriving community and
maintaining our vision as a pre-eminent city. The department is charged with developing and maintaining innovative
organizational strategies in the areas of human capital management, while minimizing organizational and community risk
measures. In previous years, the department has been recognized with awards and accolades for wellness programming,
volunteer coordination, training and development, and proactive drug/alcohol programs. Recently, Human Resources was
recognized and awarded by the International Public Management Association for Human Resources, Texas Chapter (IPMA-HR
Texas) for its innovative and significant contributions to the practice of Human Resources. Major recent accomplishments include
the completion of a multi-year comprehensive compensation and classification study and the opening of an employee health
clinic with multiple locations.

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