City fleet workers worry about plan to privatize dept.
Source: BY BRENT D. WISTROM, The Wichita Eagle (KS), Mon, Dec. 18, 2006
Just a few months after an international company appeared poised to take over the city of Wichita's fleet maintenance department, it has backed out and two new companies have stepped in. But several fleet employees privately say they believe the deal could lead to delayed repairs of the city's police cars, snow plows and lawn mowers, and would reduce their retirement benefits.