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For developed property management there was 1 property owner billing protest, <br /> which required 240 minutes of program time, and 4 property descriptions <br /> retrieved, which required 80 minutes of program time. Added together, these <br /> abatement related activities required 320 minutes, or 5.33 hours of the <br /> Vegetation Manager's time. When multiplied by the Vegetation Manager's wage <br /> and benefit rate of $17.29 per hour this equates to $92.16 worth of personal <br /> services spent on these activities. Divided by the 22 full term developed <br /> property abatements performed by the City in 1989 we get an additional $4.19 <br /> to be added to the documented activity cost per developed property abatement. <br /> Added to the $70.19 from the above table gives a total activity cost of $74.38 <br /> for each developed property abatement. <br /> TABLE VII <br /> COST PER TYPICAL UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY ABATEMENT <br /> Minutes Rate Cost <br /> FIELD TIME <br /> Initial investigation 67 <br /> Post abatement inspection 15 <br /> Total 82 = 1.37 hrs x $17.29 / hr = $23.69 <br /> OFFICE TIME <br /> Enter complaint data 12 <br /> Research property owner 8 <br /> Draft work order 35 <br /> Process billing invoice 22 <br /> Total 77 = 1.28 hrs x $17.29 / hr = $22.13 <br /> VEHICLE USAGE TIME <br /> Sedan with radio 82 = 1.37 hrs x $5.00 / hr = $ 6.85 <br /> MATERIALS & SERVICES <br /> Stationary, printing, & copying $ 1.13 <br /> Postage $ 2.30 <br /> Documented Activity Cost Per Abatement = $56.10 <br /> For undeveloped property management there was 20 property owner billing <br /> protests, which required 4,800 minutes of program time, and 37 property <br /> descriptions retrieved, which required 740 minutes of program time. In <br /> addition to these activities there were 5 cases where the City had taken the <br /> extra step of notifying the property owner of a violation prior to having to <br /> abate the problem. This required an additional 26 minutes in each case for <br /> the notification and reinspection process. These 5 cases then required an <br /> Vegetation Program <br /> Cost Analysis 13 <br />