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ABATEMENT COST ANALYSIS <br />I. DOCUMENTED COSTS PER TYPICAL ABATEMENT <br />The following 3 tables will illustrate the breakdown of documentable time and <br />material costs for a typical nuisance abatement under each of the program's 3 <br />management categories. Since these costs do not include any contractor's <br />charges billed to the City for such abatements, the per abatement costs <br />derived by this methodology should not be considered as a final owner billed <br />amount. These per abatement costs are strictly for the various abatement <br />activities (taken directly from the activity time matrix of Table I), vehicle <br />and equipment usage based on an hourly rate, and departmental overhead costs. <br />The hourly wage and benefits rates for the position of the Vegetation Manager <br />are $12.79 and $4.50 respectively. The combined hourly charge of $17.29 will <br />be used in the following analysis of each category's typical abatement cost. <br />TABLE IV <br />COST PER TYPICAL DEVELOPED PROPERTY ABATEMENT <br />OFFICE TIME <br />Enter complaint data <br />Minutes Rate Cost <br />FIELD TIME <br />Research property owner <br />Initial investigation <br />35 <br />2nd inspection <br />15 <br />Property posting <br />15 <br />3rd inspection <br />15 <br />Post abatement inspection <br />15 <br />Total <br />95 = 1.58 hrs x $17.29 / hr = $27.37 <br />OFFICE TIME <br />Enter complaint data <br />12 <br />Research property owner <br />8 <br />Issue notification letter <br />11 <br />Mail posting notice <br />8 <br />Draft work order <br />35 <br />Process billing invoice <br />22 <br />Total <br />96 = 1.60 hrs x $17.29 / hr = <br />$27.66 <br />VEHICLE USAGE TIME <br />Sedan with radio <br />95 = 1.58 hrs x $5.00 / hr = <br />$ 7.90 <br />MATERIALS & SERVICES <br />Stationary, printing, & copying <br />$ 2.11 <br />Posters, stakes <br />$ .30 <br />Postage <br />$ 4.85 <br />Developed Property <br />Activity Costs Per Abatement = <br />$70.19 <br />Vegetation Program <br />Cost Analysis 10 <br />