Maintenance Division

Maintenance Division Mission Statement:

The Fleet Services Maintenance Division mission is to respond to the City's fleet needs for vehicle and equipment services using creativity, flexibility, training depth, and technical expertise in performing simple or complex analysis, with total focus on program analysis, cost tracking, customer satisfaction, and quality workmanship.

J. Darryl Syler is the Maintenance Manager and is responsible for overseeing all shops and ensuring compliance with City Policy as well as State and Federal Regulations. Mr. Syler can be reached via email at jsyler@littlerock.org or by phone at 918-4208.

Fleet Maintenance Central Facility:

Fleet Services Central Maintenance Facility is located on J.E. Davis Drive in Little Rock. The hours of operation are 7:00 am until 9:30 pm Monday through Friday, closed on major holidays. This facility houses the fire shop, tire shop, heavy-duty truck shop, light-duty sedan shop and a paint and body shop.

Along with the major duties performed at the Central Facility on J.E. Davis, are the additional responsibilities of vehicle up fitting. Vehicle up fitting is the technical function of turning a newly acquired vehicle into a service ready Police or Fire Department unit. This is an extensive service function that includes installing and programming the video camera and computer systems, installing Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and prisoner containment equipment. This essential and critical function is one of the hallmarks of quality service, which previously could only be performed by outside contracted specialty agencies at a much greater expense to the City. Such achievements are made possible through the Fleet Services Department's commitment for continuing quality services through innovation and efficiency.

Mike McDonald and Mike Williams are the Service Coordinators for this facility. They can be reached via email at mmcdonald@littlerock.org and mwilliams@littlerock.org or by phone at 918-4240.

Satellite Facilities:

Fleet Services has two (2) satellite maintenance facilities located in the metropolitan area. Each of these facilities was planned in location, structure and function to most efficiently provide for the needs of the City Department's vehicle and equipment operators.

This on-site Fleet Services operation provides service solely to the Public Works Solid Waste Division's fleet of on and off-road vehicles. The Solid Waste Division fleet consists of over 160 units, including an assortment of large earthmovers (dozers, excavators, articulating dump trucks) as well as the City's sanitation units. All sanitation units are serviced at the Landfill maintenance facility. This facility operates on a five, and often six, day per week schedule with a day and an evening shift. Facility hours are 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and both day and evening shifts are staffed with four (4) Automotive Technicians, one Service Coordinator and one Parts Clerk. The facility is a full service operation, including an on-site parts inventory for serviced equipment, and contracting out only major repairs relating to engine, transmission and bodywork. Steve Underwood is the Service Coordinator at this facility. He can be reached via email at sunderwood@littlerock.org or by phone at 888-5081.

The services provided by this facility are predestined by the nature of its operation, solely for the Parks and Recreation Department. The Parks Ground Maintenance Division cares for all City parks, centers and playgrounds, operating approximately 350 assorted pieces of equipment, including small tractors, riding mowers, electric and gasoline powered carts, generators, push mowers and weed eaters. All services necessary for the maintenance of this wide variety of equipment are performed at the Boyle Park Maintenance facility. Operating hours are 7:00 am until 3:30 pm with one Automotive Technician and one Automotive Technician Assistant staffing the facility.