UPDATE: Motor Pool outsourcing plan to cut 4 jobs, generate $3.6 million

The outsourcing plan for the IU Motor Pool will eliminate four jobs, generate a onetime $3.6 million in capital and allow all IU students 18 years of age and older to rent cars from Enterprise Rent-A-Car.\nThe program, announced Friday by Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Terry Clapacs at the board of trustees' regular meeting, will keep the majority of the motor pool staff intact, though all IU-owned vehicles that are leased to departments or rented to employees will be sold and replaced by leased Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Automotive Resources International cars.\nClapacs said, and repeated several times, that the employees currently holding the IU Motor Pool manager, mechanic and mechanic's assistant positions that are slated for the chopping block will be transferred to other departments at IU and will not be let go.\nThe IU Motor Pool will continue to operate the Campus Safety Escort, Disabled Student Services, Motorist Assistance Program and Garage Services. The Motor Pool will still be in charge of the leased cars, though the service will be financed by Automotive Resources International.\nAs part of its agreement to run the rental car program, Enterprise Rent-A-Car will allow all IU students older than 18 to rent cars. Most rental companies require a person to be 25 to rent a car.\nThe plan also calls for the motor pool to sell off its fleet of nearly 500 vehicles available for employees or departments to rent or lease. \nA large chunk of the revenue the outsourcing will generate -- $2.2 million -- will go to renovate Ballantine and Franklin halls.\nThe trustees applauded the outsourcing program, saying it will allow IU to be more nimble while maintaining its commitment to employing members of the IU community.\nClapacs said he hopes to present the plan for outsourcing the IU Bookstore to the trustees at their March meeting.