A recently published report found a Muni yard is racking up big costs that could be avoided by maintaining better data and record-keeping.

The City Controller’s Office report, published Thursday, offers a scathing review of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Scott Garage, which manages a fleet of over 1,000 “non-revenue” vehicles.

Those vehicles include overhead line trucks, inspector vehicles and transports, according to the SFMTA.

Scott Garage, located at 1849 Harrison St., lacked adequate controls and spent nearly twice as much to fix vehicles at comparable shops in The City, the report found.

“SFMTA could minimize costs and maximize operating efficiency by improving its performance monitoring and data collection practices,” the Controller’s Office wrote.

That point of comparison was San Francisco’s Central Shops, which manages city employee vehicles. The SFMTA spent 45 percent more money repairing each vehicle than Central Shops, the controller found, spending $1.4 million, more than $1,200 per vehicle to fix compared to $800 per vehicle at Central Shops.

Though the SFMTA hasn’t had time to assess that comparison fully, said agency spokesperson Paul Rose, “SFMTA does maintain more vehicles per employee and has a fleet that is six years older than Central Shops.”

Notably, the controller audited 2013-15 data from Scott Garage at the request of the SFMTA itself. The Controller’s Office found much to be desired.

The SFMTA does not analyze vehicle performance data that would allow it to develop “cost effective fleet management decisions,” the controller wrote. That data isn’t collected because Scott Garage’s maintenance software is outdated, and can’t record data on parts ordered or on what repairs the garage completed.

The SFMTA told the San Francisco Examiner that upgrades to Scott Garage’s software systems are scheduled for 2018.

The controller wrote there were “large discrepancies” between spare parts listed on the books, and what was actually inside storerooms.

In a detailed list in the report, the SFMTA responded that it agreed with the controller’s recommendations to improve the garage, including upgrading its software and developing better procedures and internal controls.

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