HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-09 CIP Study Session Attachment 1
Attachment 1
Operational Efficiency Projects
City Hall Solar Project:
This project would provide solar power to the Community Center and Maintenance Building by constructing a solar array atop a new equipment shelter structure (See Attachment 2) located
in the Corporation Yard.
Project Cost: $532,000 (Solar Panels)
-137,674 (Solar Rebate)
50,000 (Electrical Work)
$444,326
Identified Project Funding Source: Operational Efficiency
The project has a potential of an annual electricity cost savings of $15,800 at the
current energy rate. It will take approximately 16 years to recoup the capital expenditure assuming an average annual energy cost increase of around 7.5 %.
Additional benefits of the project include all of the “green” benefits of renewable energy such as reduction in green houses gases in the amount of 161,805 lbs per year,
or equal to planting 163 acres of trees, or removing 116 cars from the road.
Annual maintenance will be approximately $500 to clean the solar panels. The warranties on the solar equipment range from 10 years for the electric converter equipment to
25 years for the solar panels.
Community Development Document Imaging Project:
This project would transfer paper documents in Community Development to electronic form. In addition to protecting historic development information for the public record, it will allow
staff to more efficiently search documents for the public and project review.
Project Cost: $30,000 (Document Imaging 3rd Party Contract)
30,000 (Temporary Worker for Micro Fiche Scanning)
$60,000
Identified Project Funding Source: Operational Efficiency
City Website Upgrade Project:
This project would upgrade the City Website. Upgrading the City’s website will allow the City to provide better customer service to the public and save staff time by providing “self
service” information to the public traditionally distributed by staff. Costs for upgrading municipal websites generally range from $20,000 to $50,000. $50,000 has been used for the budget
estimate.
Project Cost: $50,000
Identified Project Funding Source: Operational Efficiency
Monthly website maintenance can range from $500 to a few thousand dollars per month dependent on level of service desired and complexity of the website.