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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1992 1209 CC ADJ ITEM 08F /pK Cyr' MOORPARK .o °o m 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 ^'� •�184 Council eet„;j 1fY1� ACTION; 1�'VY AGENDA REPORT BY TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: Kenneth C. Gilbert, Director of Public Works DATE: December 7, 1992 (City Council Meeting 12-9-92) SUBJECT: Discussion of the Cost / Benefit of Purchasing a Service Body Truck for the Public Works Department BACKGROUND On December 2, 1992 , the City Council considered an analysis of bids received for the acquisition of a service body truck to be used by the Public Works Department. This matter was continued in order to allow City Council to consider information regarding the cost/benefit of this proposed purchase. DISCUSSION One of the matters discussed during the budget hearings last June, was the addition of one man year in to the Departments of Public Works and Community Services. That action would allow for one Maintenance Worker position which had previously been shared (50-50) between the two departments, to be increased to one full time position for each department. The increase in cost was in part offset by a reduction in part time manhours. The Memos prepared by staff describing the cost/benefit of adding this position are attached. On the basis of that and other input, this change was approved. The approved staffing level in Public Works is now three, one Lead Maintenance Worker and two Maintenance Worker I. The growing demands of the department more than justify this level of staffing. Historically, this department has been responsible for road side weed abatement, trash and debris clearance, roadside shoulder repair, storm drain maintenance, traffic regulatory sign, street name signs, minor tree trimming, pot hole repair, etc. About two years ago the Graffiti abatement program was added. Recently, guard rail repairs, asphalt crack filling and other tasks which used to be contracted, have been done in-house in order to reduce costs. In the future, we plan to add the striping of street legends to the tasks to be performed in-house. PAUL W.LAWRASON JR. JOHN E.WOZNIAK SCOTT MONTGOMERY BERNARDO M.PEREZ ROY E. TALLEY JR. Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Printed On Recycled Paper Cost / Benefit Maintenance Worker I Page 2 Service Body Truck Acquisition Page 2 Recently, the 5-10 pick-up truck was declared surplus. With this reduction in the fleet, only one truck remains assigned to the Department of Public Works. When necessary, the Department has used the dump truck to fill in. This piece of equipment, which is not normally used on a day-to-day basis, is shared jointly by both Public Works and Community Services. With only one truck assigned to the Department of Public Works, it is difficult to effectively use the manpower and equipment assigned to the department in an effective and efficient manner. Consequently, program service delivery has been reduced. RECOMMENDATION Approve the acquisition of an additional service body for the Department of Public Works. bgt92_6b VPPµ Cq�' .QP O f i MOORPARK O e o 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529-6864 *f0 JJ M E M O R A N D U M TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: Kenneth C. Gilbert, Director of Public Works DATE: June 10, 1992. city council Meeting 6-10-92J SUBJECT: Discussion of the Cost / Benefit of Funding the Addition of One-Half Kan Year of a Maintenance Worker I Position to the Department of Public Works BACKGROUND The staffing levels approved in the Budget for Fiscal Year 1991/92 included one Maintenance Worker I position shared on a fifty-fifty basis between Parks Maintenance and the Public Works Department. The one-half man year in Public Works was shown in Department 141 [General Fund] to fund the City's on-going graffiti removal program and other non-street related work. The staffing level proposed in the Fiscal=. Year 1992/93 Budget includes the addition of one Maintenance Worker I position. If approved, this action would allow for a full man year in both Parks Maintenance and Public Works. The additional one-half man year in Public Works is proposed to be added to Department 142: Street Maintenance [Gas Tax] to augment the growing responsibilities in that Division. DISCUSSION A. Manhours The above proposal recommends no net increase in the number of man hours allocated to the Street Maintenance Division. It is proposed that the one-half man year increase to the Maintenance Worker I position (1,020 hours) be off-set by a like decrease in the number of hours budgeted for part-time Laborer positions. PAUL W.LAWRASON JR. JOHN E.WOZNIAK SCOTT MONTGOMERY BERNARDO M.PEREZ ROY E_TALLEY JR. Mayor Mayor Pro Tom Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Cost / Benefit Maintenance Worker I Page 2 B. Cost The attached chart summarizes the net dollar increase in personnel costs to the Street Maintenance Division which would result from the proposed change to staffing levels. The total net cost increase is $5,820. This cost could be reduced to $819 by eliminating the remaining six hundred sixty (660) Laborer hours in Public Works. This action, however, is not recommended. Two hundred twenty-eight (228) of those hours is needed to fund two of the eight hours worked on Saturday, Sunday and Holidays by part time staff. The eight (8) hours worked each weekend and holiday provide a minimum staff presence for needs which may arise in the parks, at the Civic Center and on the City streets. C. Benefits There are a number of benefits which would result from the proposed change. Although difficult to quantify, the following list attempts to describe these benefits, primarily in qualitative terms. 1. Personnel Capabilities - The background, experience, skills and training and abilities of a Maintenance Worker I far exceed those of an entry level Labor. The former brings to the City valuable experience and skills which can be immediately applied. The latter must be trained. The former is capable of working independently. The latter must be supervised. 2. Turnover & Training - The Laborer position(s) are .temporary entry level positions. A considerable effort is invested in the training of new people. This effort is lost when their employment ends. The proposed change will allow the City to better benefit from its investment in training by reducing personnel and training turnover. 3. supervision & Training - Under present staffing, one of the Maintenance Worker I positions reports to supervisors in both Parks and Public Works. The proposed change will allow one Maintenance Worker I to work full time in Parks and one Maintenance Worker I to work full time in Public Works. This change will improve communications, accountability and supervision in each department. It will also enable each individual to develop specialized skills unique to each of those departments. Cost / Benefit Maintenance Worker I Page 3 4. Safety - The above mentioned training efforts include safety training. The reduction in turnover (#2) and the increase in specialized training (#3) will improve safety knowledge and awareness. 5. Departmental Capabilities - Some tasks require additional personnel to safely perform the job (i. e. flagmen for road side work) . We such needs arise we sometimes have to borrow someone form the Parks Department. In addition, the responsibilities of the department are always increasing. This year we will assume the maintenance of the Commuter rail station. The requested upgrading of one-half man year of allocated manhours to a Maintenance Worker I positions will improve the department's ability to meet these responsibilities. The available skills to be applied to the work tasks and responsibilities would be enhanced. The efficiency and effectiveness of the division would be increased. The ability of the department to meet its objectives would be improved. And the length of the backlog of assigned tasks would be reduced. 6. Resource Utilization - The proposed change would enable the department to better utilize the capital investment in equipment by reducing down time. 7. Contract Cost Reduction - The delivery of some services by in-house staff can be less costly than the use of contract services. The proposed acquisition of a stencil truck to allow the City to assume the marking of street legends in- house, is one such example. This new program will enable the City to apply street markings more in a more timely manner, at more frequent intervals and at a reduced cost. The proposed staffing change supports this effort by providing more trained personnel. RE ON Approve the recommended change in staffing. b#92_6 w Cost / Benefit Analysis 10-Jan-92 Additional One-Half Man Year Maintenance Worker I Public Works FY 1991/92 Proposed FY 1992/93 Compensation ($) ---------------------------- ----------------------------- ---------------- Staffing Staffing Proposed Hourly Annual Cost ----------------- ----------------- Budget Position Rate Salary Description Hrs Man Years Cost ($) Hrs Man Years Cost ($) Increase ====== ====_==_ _____________ =____= ========= =======_= ==_=== ========_ Laborer I 6.41 Salary 1,680 10,769 660 4,231 Benefits 2,585 770 Maintenance 19,668 Salary 0 0 0.5 9,834 Worker I Benefits 0.5 4,339 13,353 19,174 5,820 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benefits Calculation Regular Part Time MORE Than 1,000 Hours Part Time LESS Than 1,000 Hours -------------------------------- -_----------------------------- -------------------- --------- Benefit Salary Factor Amount Salary Factor Amount Salary Factor Amount Long Term Disability 19,668 0.00540 106.21 Vision 18.40 Dental 51.19 Health 503.81 Life 4.00 Medicare 19,668 0.01450 285.19 10,769 0.01450 156.15 4,231 0.01450 61.34 Wrkers Comp 4941.00 10,769 0.07812 841.26 41231 0.07812 330.49 Unemployment 154.00 10,769 0.01450 156.15 4,231 0.01450 61.34 Pers: City's Share 19,668 0.06289 1236.92 10,769 0.06289 677.25 Pers: Empl Share [City Pd] 19,668 0.07000 1376.76 10,769 0.07000 753.82 P/T Defrd Comp 4,231 0.07500 317.30 . --------- --------- --------- 8677.47 2584.62 770.48 One-half Man Year 4338.74 /VjPK Cad/ s9? MOORPARK 0 4 fl r►' 10 °94 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529-6864 TEO �a TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: Donald P. Reynolds Jr. , Management Analys-"�P� DATE: June 19, 1992 SUBJECT: Additional Information Regarding the City's Parks Maintenance Workers The following will provide the Council with additional information to the staff report dated June 10 , 1992 , which requested Council consideration of increasing the maintenance staff from 1 1/2 Maintenance Worker I positions to 2 full time positions. Scope of Work In the previous report to Council , staff failed to mention that in addition to park lands, the parks maintenance staff is responsible for 1/2 of a million square feet of landscaped street medians ( 27 different locations) the Community Center, Senior Center and City Hall facilities, and miscellaneous assignments such as Arroyo Vista Community Park property and the bank building at the corner of High Street and Moorpark Avenue. To clarify the responsibilities between the City staff and the City's landscape contractor, the contractor is only responsible for the turf and existing plants. City staff is responsible for all maintenance of equipment and the irrigation system, replacing and planting of new trees and shrubs, trimming trees, and turf damage that is not the result of the contractor's work. This responsibility includes any part of the restrooms beyond routine cleaning, any graffiti or vandalism, and all the special projects associated with improvements to City parks, (new planters, moving phones, etc. ) . The current work schedule is that the additional staff which is available 1/2 time currently, is assigned to parks Monday, Tuesday and the first part of Wednesdays. This schedule limits staff to working on projects that can be completed by two people in 2 1/2 days. When projects are too large, the City must contract for the service. When projects are not completed, they are left for up to 5 days until the following Monday. It is important to realize that the added responsibilities associate with the Community Center can often interfere with the completion of projects that are located at City parks. Any request for a room set up or maintenance staff at City Hall, may pull the staff away from a park job, postponing completion of the job and PAUL W LAWRASON JR. JOHN E.WOZNIAK SCOTT MONTGOMERY BERNARDO M PEREZ ROY E. TALLEY JR Mayor Mayor Pro Tom Councilmember Councdmember Counc lmembet Pon!ed On Recycled Paoe' ,. prolonging the rental of equipment to finish the job. Roughly half of the weekly and monthly routine tasks are not currently being completed by City staff, because there is not enough time to address all of the routine tasks in combination with the special projects. Safety inspections and water meter checks are conducted weekly for all 9 City parks. However, irrigation system checks and rototilling of the play ground sand is not currently being addressed. Proposed Implementation Staff has considered several approaches to utilizing two full time staff persons, and has developed a concept that assures that the routine aspects of the jobs are completed, as well as assuring that the special projects are addressed. For the routine inspections and monitoring of the City's irrigation systems, the City would be split in half, allowing one worker to evaluate the situations for half the City and another to evaluate the other half of the City. Completing the routine jobs early in the week, allows the two to develop a priority for special projects to be completed through-out the week. The special projects would then be addressed as a team, where if one should be needed back at the Community Center, the other would be able to stay at the job and continue the work. Knowing that sufficient staff would be available to complete the job on the following day, projects would be completed quicker and at a lower costs to the City. Jobs that require more than 2 staff can also be arranged without relying on a contractor, because two to four staff persons could be made available, rather then two to three staff persons currently available. Staff's proposal is that if the Council agrees to add this 1/2 of a position, then the need for the part-time help (1040 hours) could be deleted. The additional costs therefore, would only be associated with the benefits and supplementary supplies associated with the full time permanent positions. c- ITEMS- Fe MOORPARK 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805 ) 529 -6864 M E M O R A N D U M TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: Baldemar Troche Public Works Management Analyst DATE: November 18, 1992 (Council Meeting 12 -2 -92) SUBJECT: Consider Purchase of a 3/4 Ton Truck and Service Body for Public Works OVERVIEW This requests that City Council approve the acquisition of a 3/4 Ton Truck and Service Body. BACKGROUND The budget for Fiscal Year 1992/93 includes $25,000 for the acquisition of a 3/4 Ton truck and service body to support the operation of the Public Works Department. The bid package included separate specifications for the Cab & Chassis and the service body. The documents allow for the submittal of bids by agents -of either industry for only one item or both items. In order to allow for some flexibility in the bidding and selection process, bidders were permitted to deviate from the stated specifications by noting differences in space provided subject to approval of the City. The bidding instruction also stipulated that the City may reject any bid, may make its selection based on the perceived needs of the City (not merely price) and may select both or only one of the items bid. PAUL W LAWRASON JR_ JOHN E. WOZNIAK SCOTT MONTGOMERY BERNARDO M PEREZ ROY E TAI LEY JR Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Councdmember Councilmember Councdmember Pn�tee On Recyc:ea Par,— City Council 3/4 Ton Page 2 DISCUSSION A. Bid Results Bidding documents were distributed to selected automobile dealers and truck body companies. Seventeen bids were received for one or both of the items. A summary of the bid results is attached. B. Analysis 1. Cab & Chassis: The apparent low bidder is Prestige Ford Inc. in San Gabriel, whose bid is $14,023.35. 2. Service Body: The price differential between the lowest bidder (Reynolds Buick GMC bid of $2,600.00) and Prestige Ford Inc. ($2,646.00) is $46.00. Staff recommends awarding the service body to Prestige Ford Inc. since the $46.00 savings does not justify the time to coordinate and deliver the service body to Reynolds Buick GMC in West Covina. C. Delivery Prestige Ford Inc. will deliver the vehicle within 100 days after receipt of order. RECOMMENDATION 1. Authorize staff to purchase said vehicle from Prestige Ford Inc. in San Gabriel for the amount of $17,877.88 (tax included) . 2. Approve a ten per cent (10 %) contingency and authorize the City Manager to sign necessary contract and documents on behalf of the City to purchase the vehicle. �o�� �to",^ � � . l | 1993 Nioimom 3/4 Ton Cub & Chuooio|| 1.00 2 Horizontal Utility Cabinet Service body, and heavy duty ladder D�k, to be installed on a 3/4 Ton cab ( & Chassis || 14,023,35 || 1,00 | 16,08.00 || 1.00 2,646.00 1.00 J*Included in 14,430.00 |\ 1.00 1.00 \ 2,925.00 \| 1.00 17,958.32 \l l'UO | 18,310.22 `Included in 1.08 bo total / / �*Included || total �� =17 =.3=55 =,0=0 = pX=XX=XX==XX=XX=/ =l=? ^9=58=.3=2 =�\�(X=XX=XX=XX=XX=X�| =,=l8=,3=lO=.}=2 ----- Total ||XX%XXXXX) 16,669.35 ||XXXXXXXXXX| 16,878'00 HXXXXXXXXXXI =\= \ VENDOR 4 VENDOR 5 Bid Results -------------- ----------------------- H. W. Hunter Paradise Chevrolet Paradise Chevrolet *Bids do not Include tax NAME: Prestige Ford Downey Ford 9500 Lakewood Blvd. 44733 N. Sierra Highway 1177 S. Victoria 1177 S. Victoria ADDRESS: Z -'Las-,Tunas Dr. rn Gabriej��CA 91776 1 Downey, CA 90240 Lancaster, CA 93534 Ventura, CA 93003 Ventura, CA 93003 (805) 642-0111 Utility Truck CITY, STATE: NUMBER: (8i8) 285-2�21 (310) 861-6771 (805) 948-8411 (805) 642-0111 W. Drohman 1993 PHONE CONTACT PERSON Virginia Yarper John McHale Paul Harper W. Drohman *Alternate Bid l | 1993 Nioimom 3/4 Ton Cub & Chuooio|| 1.00 2 Horizontal Utility Cabinet Service body, and heavy duty ladder D�k, to be installed on a 3/4 Ton cab ( & Chassis || 14,023,35 || 1,00 | 16,08.00 || 1.00 2,646.00 1.00 J*Included in 14,430.00 |\ 1.00 1.00 \ 2,925.00 \| 1.00 17,958.32 \l l'UO | 18,310.22 `Included in 1.08 bo total / / �*Included || total �� =17 =.3=55 =,0=0 = pX=XX=XX==XX=XX=/ =l=? ^9=58=.3=2 =�\�(X=XX=XX=XX=XX=X�| =,=l8=,3=lO=.}=2 ----- Total ||XX%XXXXX) 16,669.35 ||XXXXXXXXXX| 16,878'00 HXXXXXXXXXXI =\= \ CITY OF MOORPARK Bidder Bid Results -------- - - - - -- :Bids do not Include tax NAME: ADDRESS: Utility Truck CITY, STATE: 1993 PHONE NUMBER: CONTACT PERSON 18- Nov -92 Page 2 ---------------------------------------- TEM DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------- 1 1993 Minimum 3/4 Ton Cab & Chassis 2 Horizontal Utility Cabinet Service body, and heavy duty ladder rack, to be installed on a 3/4 Ton Cab & Chassis Total VENDOR 6 'Reynolds Buick GHC 45 N. Citrus West Covina, CA 91793 (818)'966 -461 Stephen Cerni ----------------- - - - - -- UNIT $ TOTAL BID ---- - - - - -- ------ - - - - -- 1.00 15,860.00 1.00 2,600.00 18,460.00 VENDOR 7 R.E Barber Ford 3440 E. Main Street Ventura, CA 93003 (805) 642 -6701 C. Darryl Struth UNIT $ TOTAL BID -- - - - - -- ----- - - - - -- 1.00 15,062.35 1.00 3,425.00 18,487.35 VENDOR 8 Pacific Coast Ford 1111 N. Oxnard Blvd. Oxnard, CA 93030 (805) 983 -6511 Alex Salazar ----------------- - - - - -- UNIT $ TOTAL BID ---- - - - - -- ------ - - - - -- 1.00 16,306.29 1.00 2,842.13 19,148.42 VENDOR 9 Tom Bell Chevrolet 800 Alabama Redlands, CA 92373 (714) 793 -2681 Ron Roberts UNIT $ TOTAL BID -- - - - - -- ---- - - - - -- 1.00 1.00 16,563.41 2,868.63 19,432.04 VENDOR 10 Courtesy Chevrolet 3610 Thousand Oaks Blvd Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (805) 498 -9620 Stan Houston UNIT $ TOTAL BID -- - - - - -- ----- - - - - -- 1.00 16,420.83 1.00 3,045.90 ---------- XXXXXXXXXX 19,466.73 ----------------------------------------- -------------------------------- CITY OF MOORPARK Bidder Bid Results -------- - - - - -- *Bids do not Include tax NAME: ADDRESS: Utility Truck CITY, STATE: 1993 PHONE NUMBER: CONTACT PERSON 18- Nov -92 Page 3 ITEM DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------- 1 1993 Minimum 3/4 Ton Cab & Chassisll 2 Horizontal Utility Cabinet Service body, and heavy duty ladder rack, to be installed on a 3/4 Ton Cab & Chassis VENDOR 11 Thorson GMC Truck 3456 Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91107 (818) 795 -8851 Fred Bailey ----------------------- UNIT $ TOTAL BID ---- - - - - -- ------ - - - - -- 1.00 17,595.39 1.00 3,646.50 - ---------- Total X 21,241.89 VENDOR 12 Simi Valley Truck Cente 2081 First Street Simi Valley, CA 93065 (805) 526-9776 Rick James ----------------------- UNIT $ TOTAL BID ---- - - - - -- ------ - - - - -- 1.00 19,797.35 1.00 3,232.92 23,030.27 VENDOR 13 Dependable Dodge 21415 Roscoe Blvd. Canoga Park, CA 91304 (818) 883 -9060 UNIT $ 1.00 1.00 ---------- XXXXXXXXXX TOTAL BID 15,067.92 *Bid for Cab & Chassis only 15,067.92 VENDOR 14 Crown Dodge 6500 Leland Street Ventura, CA 93003 (805) 656 -6669 Tom Parvaneh UNIT $ TOTAL BID 1.00 15,937.35 1.00 *Bid for Cab & Chassis only 15,937.35 VENDOR 15 Wm. L. Morris Chevrolet 508 Santa Clara Street Fillmore, CA 93015 (805) 524-0333 J. D. Bradley UNIT $ TOTAL BID ---- - - - - -- ------ - - - - -- 1.00 17,262.90 1.00 *Bid for Cab & Chassis only ( XXXXXXXXX 17,262.90 CITY OF MOORPARK Bidder Bid Results -------- - - - --- tBids do not Include tax NAME: ADDRESS: Utility Truck CITY, STATE: 1993 PHONE NUMBER: CONTACT PERSON 18- Nov -92 Page 4 ---------------------------------------- TEM DESCRIPTION 1 1993 Minimum 3/4 Ton Cab & Chassis' 2 Horizontal Utility Cabinet Service body, and heavy duty ladder rack, to be installed on a 3/4 Ton Cab & Chassis VENDOR 16 Harbor Truck Bodies 2995 E. Miraloma Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 (719) 632 -2800 Clyde Hodges ----------------- - - - - -- UNIT $ TOTAL BID 1.00 2,995.00 1.00 *Bid for Service Body only ---------------------------------------- ---------- ======== ---- Total X)CMXXXXX 2,995.00 VENDOR 17 Brigham Mfg. Co. Inc. 11107 Violeta Street Saticoy, CA. 93004 (805) 647 -1172 Jerry UNIT $ TOTAL BID 1.00 3,604.24 1.00 *Bid for Service Body only 3,604.24 ------- VENDOR- 18- - - - - -- ----------------------- UNIT $ TOTAL BID 1.00 1.00 0.00 - - - -- VENDOR -19- - - - - - -- VENDOR- 20--- - - - -II UNIT $ 1.00 1.00 ------------ TOTAL BID 0.00 UNIT $ 1.00 1.00 ---------- XXX)0=XXX TOTAL BID 0.00