General Enquiries

Hello

I have been asked by members to find out how other Councils deal with the running and maintenance of the Mayoral Car.

We are particularly interested in whether you lease or own the car and whether you have any negotiated any local sponsorship which contributes towards the costs.

Please could I ask you to complete the short survey below.

I would be very grateful for any information you can provide.

Please could I please ask that you respond by no later than 22 November 2017.

If any information is commercially sensitive please just provide the broad details and if it is easier to telephone me please call me on 01772 625542.

Many thanks in advance.

Tracy O'Reilly

Question

Which Council are you from?

What is the age, make and model of your Mayoral car?

Do you lease the car or was it purchased outright?

How regularly do you change the car?

Do you have any sponsorship from local businesses etc which supports the running costs? (Please state details)

How did you obtain the sponsorship?

Are there any benefits to being a sponsor?

Any other comments

Hop this helps

Which Council are you from?
Charnwood Borough Council
What is the age, make and model of your Mayoral car?
Skoda Superb, 2014
Do you lease the car or was it purchased outright?
Leased
How regularly do you change the car?
every 4 years
No sponsorship

Mike Hollingworth

Hi
Whilst my experience of this is now a few years past, I have answered below to the best of my current knowledge. It is a fairly unique circumstance, but might be relevant to any local authority with a production plant in the area

Question

Which Council are you from? formerly Derby

What is the age, make and model of your Mayoral car? 2016 Toyota Avensis

Do you lease the car or was it purchased outright? Leased

How regularly do you change the car? every 4 years

Do you have any sponsorship from local businesses etc which supports the running costs? (Please state details) A 'supported deal' negotiated with the manufacturer and local dealership, to recognise that Toyota is based in Derbyshire.

How did you obtain the sponsorship? Through discussion with the Company's PR department

Are there any benefits to being a sponsor? positive public relations

Good morning

Which Council are you from? North East Lincolnshire Council

What is the age, make and model of your Mayoral car? Maxda 6, 4 years old

Do you lease the car or was it purchased outright? After leasing previously, and before my time, the above car was an outright purchase

How regularly do you change the car? We are not looking at changing it for at least another two year

Do you have any sponsorship from local businesses etc which supports the running costs? (Please state details) No

How did you obtain the sponsorship? N/A

Are there any benefits to being a sponsor? N/A

Any other comments: owning a car means it needs to be utilised correctly in order to obtain VFM from the car. Our problem is - we cannot recruit a suitable chauffeur to drive the car. So, we have a car we cannot return, a chauffeur we cannot recruit to and a growing bill for using contract cars as and when needed. Leasing all the way is the future, or public transport.

Kind regards

Tracy