CITY OF FRESNO
Office of Mayor Jerry P. Dyer, City Manager
Georgeanne A. White, and Fresno City Councilmembers
_____ _________________________________ ________________________________ LEE BR JERRY P. DYER, Honorable Mayor GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
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ESMER MIKE KARBASSI, Council President MIGUEL ARIAS, Vice President
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PAUL C ANNALISA PEREA, Councilmember District 1 TYLER MAXWELL, Councilmember District 4
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GARRY BRANDON VANG, Councilmember District 5 NICK RICHARDSON Councilmember District 6
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NELSON ESPARZA, Councilmember District 7
_____ _________________________________ _________________________________ LEE BR JERRY P. DYER, Honorable Mayor GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
____ _________________________________ _________________________________ ESMER MIKE KARBASSI, Council President MIGUEL ARIAS, Council Vice President
_____ _________________________________ _________________________________ PAUL C ANNALISA PEREA, Councilmember District 1 TYLER MAXWELL, Councilmember District 4
_____ _________________________________ _________________________________ GARRY BRANDON VANG, Councilmember District 5 NICK RICHARDSON, Councilmember District 6
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GARRY NELSON ESPARZA, Councilmember District 7
RESOLUTION OF COMMENDATION
Presented to the F A X Division and
General Services Department
WHEREAS, the City of Fresno’s Transportation Department - Fresno Area Express (FAX), Maintenance Division, as well as the General Service Department’s (GSD) Maintenance Division, have earned the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence’s (ASE) Blue Seal of Excellence. The ASE is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving vehicle repair and service quality. In the case of government fleets, it additionally honors the hard work and dedication technicians provide to police officers, firefighters, public works, and other public-sector employees; and
WHEREAS, to earn the ASE Blue Seal of Excellence, at least 75 percent of a shop’s technicians must be ASE certified. Of the 30 FAX Maintenance Division technicians, 86 percent are ASE certified, which exceeds the Blue Seal award benchmark. Also noteworthy is that the division’s mechanical staff includes 15 Master Technicians, representing the highest possible level of individual ASE recognition. Of GSD’s 63 employees, 76 percent are ASE certified and 26 are Master Technicians; and
WHEREAS, one of the GSD’s master technicians has dual certification as a Master Automotive Technician and Medium/Heavy Duty Truck technician . Three of FAX’s Master Technicians are dual certified with Master Automotive Technician and Master Transit Bus Technician. Additionally, two are triple certified, one with Master Transit Bus Technician, Master Automotive Technician and Master Med -Heavy Truck Technician, and one with Master Transit Bus Technician, Master Med-Heavy Truck Technician, and Master School Bus Technician; and
WHEREAS, technicians in FAX’s Maintenance Division face significant demands to efficiently and cost effectively maintain more than 138 buses, while GSD’s fleet consists of 3,260 vehicles and equipment ranging from golf carts and sedans to large refuse trucks and bulldozers . These City of Fresno professionals continue to prove their commitment to the highest level of automotive service excellence.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we, Mayor Jerry Dyer, City Manager Georgeanne White, and Members of the Fresno City Council, recognize and congratulate the Maintenance Divisions of the City of Fresno’s Transportation and General Services departments.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and
affixed the seal of the City of Fresno, California, this 22nd day of May 2025.