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APPENDIX F: 2005 Government Operations Emissions Inventory Notes: Municipal Buildings & Facilities Notes:  University City’s 2005 municipal operations buildings and facilities energy use figures were extracted from city electrical and natural gas bills for each facility, respectively.  The energy costs reported for this subsector include a tax rate of 9%. Data Sources:  Dennis Apel, Accounts Payable, University City. Phone: (314) 505-8643. Email: dapel@ucitymo.org Data entered by Jeanne Baker, former Environmental Assistant, City of University City. Municipal Streetlights & Traffic Signals Notes:  Electricity use and cost for city-owned streetlights and traffic signals was compiled using Ameren bills.  Background information on the makeup of street lights in University City was abstracted from “University City, MO Street Lighting Study”, authored by Jenny Wendt. Data Sources:  Dennis Apel, Accounts Payable, University City. Phone: (314) 505-8643. Email: dapel@ucitymo.org  Jenny Wendt, GEO Data Collector/Street Lighting Assistant, University City. Phone: (314) 505-8562 Email: jwendt@ucitymo.org Data entered by Jeanne Baker, former Environmental Assistant, City of University City. Other Process Fugitive Municipal Solid Waste Facilities Notes:  Emissions from this sector came from the electricity used to operate the City’s transfer station facility as well as the propane used by the forklifts to aid in the transfer of waste.  Electricity use and cost from University City’s transfer station was extracted from Ameren bills.  Propane use for forklifts within the transfer station resulting in an insignificant amount of greenhouse gas emissions and was therefore not included within this report.  It is important to note that all bills from Laclede Gas for the City’s buildings and facilities were from the fiscal year 2008-2009 which began in April 2008 and ended in March 2010-2011 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, City of University City 51