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Clerk -Administrator and City Council January 26, 1988 Page 3 on bulk salt from Cargil. They will charge us approximately $18.75 per ton if we pick up salt from their St. Paul depot or $21.45 per ton delivered. The following are quantities and prices for material applied in aforementioned years: 1985 842 Tons $9,650.41 1986 694 Tons $8,280.25 1987 579 Tons $7,533.52 I would like to point out that on all oi' the County's charges e sure that isa aapplied todMounds )View wroadways can we bverses County highways? curate billing highways7 All of this information is leading up consideration. I am requesting that relieve Ramsey County of one of their propose that we can provide a higher residents at a lesser cost to the tax utilization of our equipment. to my proposal for your the City of Moun" View four plowing routes. I quality of service to our payers and receive higher In taking over one route in our City, I have used the County's statistics and basically divided them by four. Thus far our labor rate for 1988 would have been $907.50, $127.22 less than County labor. I might add that man;• times the County does not arrive on municipal streets until sometime during or after an eight hour shift. Therefore, we pay for over -time on our streets or they send their crews home, leaving our streets in less than acceptable driving condition. In the event of a heavy snowfall, our over -time could be virtually eliminated by using 2 separate operators. Our equipment charge is basicalyy the amount of depreciation used on our dump truck, and since we would be eliminating a piece of equipment from the County their cost would Jesse;: freeing up money for other municipal capital expenditures. I also believe the amount of salt/sand applied could be lessened through proper application to create thawing and added traction in high demand areas of our lso material costsbyehaulinghere our ownasandawhensibility inclementflowering weather occurs during the summer and fall months. We also have a problem explaining to citizens why one time their street was plowed very well and the next time it is totally unacceptable. I would like to see the County more accountable for their services. On any given snow removal day we might receive a number of operators who have never maintained Mounds View's streets. Therefore, they do not know their specific routes, leaving some streets not cleared, and not knowing our specific needs for sanding our highly travelled roadways or persistantly slippery intersections. I would also like to see their management consider the need fot some equipment permanently assigned to us on given snowfalls. I can recall two recent occasions (January 19 and 20) and produce documentation on others