Vehicle & Equipment Maintenance Division

Ron Mahan
Equipment Maintenance Superintendent
(617)796-1470

Responsibilities include:

• Maintaining 650 city vehicles and motorized equipment in proper operating condition
• Overseeing a preventive maintenance program for the city fleet
• Advising executive staff on vehicle replacement and equipment purchases

• Worked with the Building Department on the replacement of the Crafts St. fuel tanks
• Implementing upgrade of Gasboy fuel tracking software supporting new Crafts St. tanks
• Updated an additional five sanding trucks with new computer controlled sanding system bringing the total number of trucks with newer sanding systems to 23 with the objective of upgrading all 32 city sanding vehicles
• Oversaw the modification of a second front end loader to operate a leaf shredding bucket and purchase of a trommel screen to support compost operations at Rumford Avenue
• Designed and built plow attachments for four rental skid steer loaders for improved sidewalk snow plowing
• Designed specifications for and purchased new parking meter collection van that provides improved ergonomic benefits for workers lifting the collection canisters
• Purchased new paver to improve City's ability to pave roads in-house