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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-2369 SPECIFYING RENTAL CHARGES TO BE CHARGED BY THE EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND REPLACEMENT FUND; DEFINING TERMS. ORDINANCE NO._ 42369 AN ORDINANCE relating to city funds and accounts; specifying formulas for deriving rental charges to be charged by the Equipment Rental and Replacement Fund; defining terms; and amending Subsection 3.15.030 B, and Section 3.15.040 of the City of Yakima Municipal • Code. • BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. Subsection 3.15.030 B of the City of Yakima Muni- • cipal Code is hereby amended to read as follow: "3.15.030 Ownership of vehicles--Equipment rental rate--Formula. • B. Rental charges for the use of said motor vehicles and equipment shall be sufficient to cover the maintenance, operation and replacement of such equipment; and the terms for the rental thereof may be on an annual, monthly, weekly or daily basis. A schedule of monthly charges shall be prepared utilizing the following formulas: 1. Account A: [Maintenance] plus [Operation costs] equals [[Total • maintenance costs by vehicle type] divided by [Number of vehicles in each vehicle type]] plus [Overhead) 2. Account B: • a. [Replacement costs (RC)] equals [Total years of service life] times [Inflation at ..09 annually] times [Current cost] plus [Current cost] b. [Salvage value (SV) equals [.15] times [Original cost] c. [Sinking fund monthly payment (SFm)] equals [[Replace ment cost] less [Salvage value] (sinkins fund factor for total years of service life)], divided by [3] • 1. At a compound interest factor of 1.25 per quarter. Section 2. Section 3.15.040 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "3.15.040 . Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them: 1. , 'Maintenance cost' shall mean salaries and wages, materials and other costs necessary to maintain 110 . equipment but not including overhead. 2. 'Vehicle type' shall mean an equipment unit, vehicle or vehicles with commonality of weight, chassis, wheel base, design •and use. 411 3. 'Overhead' shall mean the cost of necessary facili- ties, maintenance equipment, interest costs and administration. 4. 'Months of vehicle life' shall mean the anticipated • number of months a unit of equipment can be expected to provide useful service. 5. 'Inflation' shall be calculated at the rate of .0075 per month. 6. 'Original cost' shall mean the actual cost of a new unit of equipment as determined by actual pur- chase Ili or by market analysis. 7. 'Replacement cost' shall mean the estimated future cost of replacing a unit of equipment as deteLmined by the purchase price, adjusted for inflation. 8. 'Sinking fund shall mean an account established by uniform monthly deposits throughout the life of an asset which draws interest at a rate of 1.25% per quarter, and accumulated so that the fund will equal the replacement cost of the asset minus its estimated salvage value at the end of its projected life. 9. 'Salvage value' shall mean the residual value of an asset after the expected period of service life has expired. .Salvage value shall be calculated at 157 of original cost." 110 Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as pro- vided by law and by the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this day 1980. iewr ,a74 Mayor ATTEST: Ar■ i Clerk 110 -2-