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where an inspected property is in partial compliance or where the ownership <br /> has recently changed and a new owner may not be aware of their property main- <br /> tenance responsibilities. <br /> In addition to the notification and abatement operations functions listed <br /> under both the developed and undeveloped categories in the previous table, <br /> there are 2 additional program functions that are common to both of these <br /> categories. These 2 functions, billing protest replies and property descrip- <br /> tion research for filing non - payment liens, are included in the 1989 Field <br /> Season Activities table (Table II) which determines the total amount of <br /> program operations time spent in each management category. These 2 functions <br /> are employed only in special cases after an abatement has been performed and a <br /> billing invoice mailed to a property owner. Performance time necessary for <br /> completion of these activities varies widely from case to case. Based on the <br /> time necessary to research the appellant's claim and to draft a formal <br /> judgement, a typical protest reply averages 240 minutes (4 hours) of program <br /> time. Property description research involves approximately 120 minutes (2 <br /> hours) of program time necessary to visit the County Tax Assessor's office and <br /> retrieve the property description files. However, since an average of 6 <br /> descriptions are retrieved and copied per trip, the time per each description <br /> has been prorated to 20 minutes. <br /> The table on the following page (Table II) lists the number of each type of <br /> function performed in calendar year 1989, the cumulative activity time for <br /> completing a particular function (from Table I), the total program time spent <br /> on each type of function, and finally (in bold) the cumulative function time <br /> spent in each management category. (Please see Table II) <br /> Adding the total operations functions times for the 3 management categories <br /> yields a grand total of 95,641 minutes that were spent in daily enforcement <br /> activities for the vegetation program. When this figure is divided into the <br /> subtotal for each management category, the percent of total program operations <br /> time for each is obtained. <br /> Developed property management = 56.0 % <br /> Undeveloped property management = 36.7 <br /> City owned property management = 7.3 <br /> 100.0 <br /> The data derived from Table I provides the necessary information to calculate <br /> per abatement costs based on program expenditures for a typical abatement in <br /> each management category. Both the calculated quantities and the resultant <br /> categorical percentages of program operations time derived from Table II <br /> appear to provide the necessary information to calculate the program's total <br /> operations costs for each management category. However, there is one further <br /> program time allocation that must be calculated before any meaningful cost <br /> breakdowns can be made between the various management categories. <br /> Because of significantly different hourly rates, the position of Vegetation <br /> Manager incurs different wage and fringe benefit costs than the temporary <br /> employee for the same amount of program time spent in any particular activity. <br /> Vegetation Program <br /> Cost Analysis 6 <br />