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Community Development Agency, Transportation Division, recommending the Board authorize the Road Fund to purchase the County fueling facilities from Fleet Services, an Internal Service Fund, for $104,665.
FUNDING: Road Fund.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
The Community Development Agency, Transportation Division recommends the Board authorize the Road Fund to purchase the County's fueling facilities at the Transportation Division's shop yards in Placerville, Meyers, and Tahoma from Fleet Services, an Internal Service Fund, at a cost of $104,665.15.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Between 1988 and 1998, fueling facilities consisting of fuel tanks, pumping equipment, canopies and the associated plumbing were installed at the County's maintenance yards in Placerville, Meyers and Tahoma. These facilities were originally purchased as expenditures in Fleet Services, an Internal Service Fund, and were booked as assets of Fleet Services, but these systems have in more recent years been used exclusively as diesel fueling systems for Transportation-owned vehicles and equipment and rental equipment used on Transportation projects. The cost of the fuel stored in the tanks as well as the periodic monitoring cost has been borne by Transportation. Fleet Services has no use for the facilities as Fleet vehicles are fueled at contracted vendor fueling sites.
The fueling systems are currently in need of repair and updating of equipment to maintain safety, to provide more accurate recording of fuel usage, and to be in compliance with Environmental Protection Agency regulations. In order for the Transportation Division to be able to make and fund such repairs and improvements to these fixed assets, the fuel facilities need to be under the ownership of Transportation. These repairs/updates are planned to be performed as soon as possible on the facilities at Headington (Placerville), and before the end of the fiscal year at the Shakori (Meyers) facilities.
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