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F ^ <br /> - - '`-`'..�.--....~. • -- ' -- <br /> � <br /> ' s�� — — ������� <br /> aoaso n� ���ios �n����'' <br /> o-lV <br /> ;: � ��� n- ' <br /> ACTION sGcynx rcEanasz7AI.0 <br /> MEETING DATE 12 15 81 <br /> , `. <br /> Sobjact: Preventative Maintenance of Greenboxes <br /> [ W^ . ' <br /> -------- <br /> attechnent(o): z6�zrn �iao uopcaor: <br /> No Ron Phillips <br /> - — Phonsmtrober; Ext 480 ' <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a budget modification to install a maintenance program <br /> rather than following through with replacement. <br /> NEED: Two hundred and twenty greenboxes are owned by the County. Approximately <br /> forty are out of service due to rust conditions along the bottom edges. <br /> It was recognized that for the truck to lift them while loaded could <br /> endanger the safety of the driver of the front end loader. Besides <br /> the problem of rust there is a need for all of the boxes to be repainted <br /> on a periodic basis. <br /> O the of l2' 82 <br /> bnxes in l98l <br /> The budget provides �S O0 for t e ' <br /> at a cnst of approximately $464 per box. Subsequent investigation shows <br /> a more cost-effective result could be obtained by utilizing county <br /> �- i t rather than replace. Cost per box '= <br /> employees to repair n»ddrepa$6.00.n ra e'st to new bottoms would be <br /> for repaint is estimated at ^" number^ ber could be <br /> about $170 per box. As the work is done, a control <br /> stenciled such as, 1973-1-81 (1973-year purchased, 1-greenbox inventory <br /> number, and 81-year repaired). <br /> The Board is asked to consider an objective for the remainder of the year <br /> to repaint all of the boxes at materials cost of $1,300 and repair of <br /> the bottoms of 21 boxes at $3,700, <br /> IMPACT: Funds are budgeted under equipment capital. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Approve transfer of the $5,000 from Sanitation - Equipment (10-850-74) <br /> to Sanitation - Repair and Maintenance of Equipment (10-850-16), <br />