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TABLE 8: Estimated Total Workload and Total Costs of Performing Work with Contractors Versus Additional Staff

ACTIVITY

CURRENT ESTIMATED WORKLOAD

TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS FOR CONTRACTORS $318,656 (Estimated using 2009 contract with Bartlett Tree Experts) $117, 000 (Based on quote from Bartlett Tree Experts, 2012) $282,834 (Estimated using 2009 contract with Bartlett Tree Experts) $372,335 (Estimated using 2009 contract with Bartlett Tree Experts)

TOTAL ESTIMATED HOURS FOR STAFF

ESTIMATED COSTS OF STAFF ($18-$33 PER HOUR)

CONTRACTOR COSTS MINUS STAFF COSTS

Large Tree Pruning

3,486 trees

6,945 hours (Estimated using per-tree pruning data provided in APWA 2007b)

$125,010 to $229,185

$89,471 to $193,646

Inventory and Inspection

15,000 trees

1,000 hours (estimated

$15,000 to $33,000

$84,000 to $99,000

based on work experience with tree inventories)

Small Tree Pruning

10,863 trees

7,280 hours (Estimated using per-tree pruning data provided in APWA 2007b) 6,375 hours (Estimated from demonstration at 2012 NCUFC conference) 675 hours (Estimated at 4 trees per hour) + cost of mulch

$131,040 to $240,240

$42,594 to $151,794

Root Collar Excavation

8,277 trees

$114,750 to $210,375

$161,960 to $257,585

Mulching

2,700 trees

$45,051 (Estimated using 2004

$12,150 to $22,275

$22,776 to $32,901

Tree Inventory Management Plan by Davey Resource Group)

Nonhazardous Tree Removal

545 trees

$71,087 (Estimated using 2004

525 hours (estimated based on removals performed in 2011 and 2012)

$9,450 to $17,325

$53,762 to $61,637

Tree Inventory Management Plan by Davey Resource Group) $86,000 + costs of trees (estimated from 2011 tree planting contract)

1,290 hours + costs of trees (estimated at 1.5 hours per tree for transport and planting)

$23,220 to $42,570

$43,430 to $62,780

Tree Planting

860 trees, stumps, and obvious vacancies currently in need of replanting

Total

41,731 trees

$1,293,000

24,090 hours

$434,000 to $795,000

$498,000 to $859,000

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