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Session 1306, Minutes Page 5 May 17, 1982 Public Works, Engineering Division (2610). There are no major changes here. Sev- eral of the clerical people will be used as backup in other departments. Under Con- tractual Services, Electricity (5.02) showed a decrease, since Mr. Ollendorff said he budgeted for two less traffic signals. Several locations were being studied, al- though no definite decisions have yet been reached. Public Works, Street Maintenance (2620). Mr. Ollendorff pointed out several changes which were to be made. Under Commodities, Concrete and Clay Products (2.05) should be changed from $40,640 to $34,640, due to lower prices for these products. Under Personal Services, Mr. Ollendorff said the budget called for reducing the work force by one or possibly two positions, but not until near the end of the fiscal year. Un- der Capital Outlay, Construction, Street Repair and Shop Equipment (3.09) includes a large amount to be used to purchase a truck which will do hot patching of potholes. He circulated a brochure describing this.truck. Mr. Adams pointed out a very press- ing need for facilities in which to store the large, expensive trucks which the City has been buying. Mr. Ollendorff said plans are to gradually build shelters for the equipment so it may be kept out of.the bad weather. Mr. Ollendorff said that Over- time Pay (4.0) was underbudgeted this year primarily due to leaf collection and un- usually heavy snow, so a larger amount is budgeted for 1982-83. The total cost of leaf collection was $75,000, about 1/3 of which extra cost--if there were no leaf collection, 2/3 of the cost would have gone to patching streets or similar activity. Under Contractual Services, Miscellaneous Outside Personal Services (1.10) was for temporary help, mainly for leaf collection. Mr. Levy asked why the 1982-83 amount was so much larger than the current year, and Mr. Ollendorff said this year was un- derbudgeted, as most citizens were now putting out their leaves for collection, and temporary help was needed. Mr~ Ollendorff-pointed out the very large increase in Miscellaneous Public Utility Services (5.10) which is the amount the City must pay for sewer repairs when private homeowners will not pay their fair share. He noted that eventually the City received most of the money owed in this category, since a lien is placed on the property and the property may not be sold until the lien is satisfied. He said the current year was underbudgeted by $12,000. Mr. Ollendorff circulated a brief report_to the Council on sealcoating, which comes under Street and Sidewalk Repairs (6.02). He said it was planned to sealcoat all streets in the City once every seven years. On sidewalk,repair, he said half the work is contracted out and half done by the City. Although there are a few excep- tions (where conditions are severe), one section of-the City-is done at a time. He said the Public Works Department made a complete survey of all sidewalks in the City about two years ago, He said curb repair (also 6.02) is not determined as sci- entifically as sidewalk repair. Most of the curbs that are repaired are ones that have been reported to the City as needing repair. He said he would get a report on the number of feet of curb repair each year for Mrs. Metcalfe. Mr. Levy asked if the budgeted amount was adequate to repair some extremely bad streets in University City, and he wished to know the criteria used to select streets for repair. Mr. Ollendorrff said there were three aspects of this problem: one was regular maintenance, patching of potholes and sealcoating; the second has to do with sudden failures which are not scheduled for repair, which may be due to an unusually harsh winter, etc.; and the thi-rd aspect was the street resurfacing or replacement, where actual needs were not known at this time. He noted that the 1980 bond issue brought the City pretty much up to date in this category, but the long-term list of streets to be included in this category is not yet complete. Mr. Levy said that