Finance Committee - 8/16/2017 Page 6
good. If you go out on Main Street, | think Main Street looks pretty good. Most of the parks look good and so
it's hard to lower the standards. The employees want things to look it too.
Chairman Cookson
Fantastic. We want things to look good as well Superintendent Caggiano. | don’t think anyone is questioning
that. You spoke earlier. If you had six full time units would those six units of full time laborers they would
assist you in being able to keep up with the demand that you currently have or would you still experience
difficulties with five days of rain and...
Superintendent Caggiano
No that would allow us. That’s like | guess utopia if | was to have six. We'd be able to be a lot more
responsive and we'd be able to get to a lot of these areas in a little more timely fashion.
Chairman Cookson
But those six units would cost the city a little bit more than $26,000?
Superintendent Caggiano
Oh yeah. Even at our lowest level, | think they make $21 an hour.
Chairman Cookson
So this $26,000 for a single person and a piece of equipment equates to about 400 working hours? 26,000
divided by 65 is 400 hours.
Superintendent Caggiano
Yes. Not all in the fall. Like | said, some of the high profile spots get done in the spring as well. They get done
twice a year.
Chairman Cookson
So the list that you’ve provided us this evening on this sheet of paper which has 67 on the north end and 38
locations on the south end, this is the fall. This is the September mowing list?
Superintendent Caggiano
Correct.
Chairman Cookson
In the springtime, this $26,000 covers the springtime mowing?
Superintendent Caggiano
Yes.
Chairman Cookson
Then what’s the focus in springtime?
