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STAFF REPORT
DATE: January 7, 1997
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners
FROM: Richard Corwin, Director of Public Works
RE:. Re -Allocation of Capital Funds
ISSUE:
AGENDA 1-21=97
Item VI G
RICHARD W. CORWIN
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
560 FLEWELLING AVE. • OCOEE, FL 34761
PHONE (407) 877-8420 • FAX (407) 877-0392
Re -allocate capital purchases in the Public Works budget to more critically needed
equipment, equipment repairs and distribute the balance among operating expenses.
BACKGROUND:
Capital equipment purchases were approved in the 1996-97 budget which was not
prepared by the present Public Works Director. During the months of budget hearings the
new Public Works Director was making an effort to become familiar with the City and
Public Works operations before making any recommendations for change. In the months
following budget submittals, an equipment evaluation was launched and several pieces of
equipment were identified as either repairable or unnecessary. This is due in large part to
the new policy of having equipment repaired and inspected by qualified mechanics. We
now use Orlando Utilities Commission fleet facilities personnel to evaluate operational
status. of our equipment and make repairs as needed. Past practice has been to replace
rather than repair equipment.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff respectfully recommends that funds budgeted for the purpose of purchasing new
equipment this year be re -allocated to other needed equipment and operating expenses to
repair, rebuild and repaint existing equipment. Funds we are requesting to re -allocate are
from the following sources.
From Public Works Dept.: 001-541-6400: Gravely -Mower, $14,000; Ford Tractor,
$9,000, 2 Flail Mowers $8,000; Reflectometer, $3,500.
From Dept.: 001-541-6401: John Deere Backhoe Lease, $6,400; John Deere Loader -
Lease, $16,000.
THE PRIDE OF WEST ORANGE
This will provide a total of $56,900 in Public Works Capital Outlay that we are
requesting be re -distributed as follows;
001-541- 4605 Vehicle Parts and Repair, $6,000 to refurbish the Case Front End
Loader, $4,000 to re -build two (2) mowers, $1,000 to repair Massey Ferguson Tractor
and $10,000 for general repairs as needed. TOTAL $ 21,000
001-541-5202 General Operating Supplies, $ 10,400 for thermo plastic materials and
other road marking materials. TOTAL $10,400
001-541-6400 Capital Equipment; Dixie Chopper Mower $7,500. This is a smaller and
less expensive mower to be used where areas do not permit the use of larger equipment;
Trailer Mounted Fertilizer Spragg Equipment $5,000 to be used to water, fertilize and
apply insecticides over ball fields and other large planted areas; Thermo -Plastic Striper
(for marking roads and parking lots) $10,000; Replace two portable radios which were
lost or damaged, $3,000. TOTAL $ 25,500
R/c
cc: Ellis Shapiro, City Manager
Scott Solomon, Public Works Superintendent
Wanda Horton, Finance Director