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CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM FEB 15 1989

MEMORANDUM

irk, February 11, 1988
Administrator

FROM: Chong, P.« Eng.,
Engineer

SUBJECT: Revisions to Provisional i988 Operation and
Maintenance Budget (Public Works Committee Meeting
February 9, 1988)

Recommendation:

1. That the 1988 budget for equipment pool maintenance
(account no. 22311) be increased by $8,000.

2. That the 1988 Budget for the maintenance of traffic
signals (account no. 22364) be increased by $7,000.

Background and Comments:

The foregoing recommendations are the result of
discussions which took place during ltast week's Public Works

Committee Meeting.

At the time that the Provisional Budget was prepared
ing last fall the City was not aware of the 22% increase In
insurance premium for the City's fleet of equipment and
icles. When this increase was announced by |1.C.B.C. it was
too late to amend the 1988 Provisional Budget. The 22%
increase in the insurance premiums represents several thousand
dotlarse Discounting this 22% by the 3.25% intlation factor
built into the proposed budget for 1988 and multiplying by the
price tag of $42,000 for insurance premiums in 1987, the
resultant cost increase is approximately $8,000. The Committee
considers this budget increase request to be fully justifiable.
Hence, the first recommendation before Council.

Recently as a result of complaints from the public, the
Operations Oepartment was made aware of the traffic signal
malfunction at the corner of Pitt River Road and McLean Avenue.
Over a period of severa! days our electrical contractor has
been brought in to service the controller for the signal
lights. He had a great deal of difficulty acquiring
replacement parts due to the age of the controller unit
(estimated to be 15 years old). Some of the necessary
components were finally borrowed from the District of
Coquitlam. The parts required to operate the pedestrian
actuated signal heads were unfortunately not available. At

present, the signal heads intended for motorists for the three-~
legged intersection perform as intended. However, none of the

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