1. WELCOME
WELCOME

2. New Highway Department Garage Facility
Town of Conway
New Highway Department Garage Facility

3. EXISTING FACILITIES - IN THE CENTER OF TOWN

4. Why a new facility?
Insufficient and outdated space to support operations
Lack of equipment storage
Lack of proper administration space
Lack of adequate employee support space
Employee health and safety concerns

5. Why a new facility?
Potential threat to groundwater due to inadequate vehicle storage and run off from vehicle washing
Code Compliance Inadequacies
Fire and Life safety deficiencies
Occupational Safety Health Act and Dept. of Environmental Protection deficiencies

6. Why a new facility? Extensive deferred maintenance Required
Facilities lack proper ventilation
Facilities lack proper heating/air conditioning

12. FUNCTIONS of the Conway Highway Department
Maintains & Repairs Town-owned Roads
and Sidewalks
Repairs and Maintains Town’s Vehicles
Maintains Town Drainage Systems
Responsible for Snow and Ice Removal

13. What is Needed? Safer, Improved Worker Environment, including:
Private toilets
ADA Accessibility
Mechanic and Wash Bays
Storage Bays for Tools, Supplies and Equipment
Appropriate Heating, Lighting ,Ventilation and
Energy Efficiencies

14. A New Facility Will Provide
A High Return On Investment by extending of the equipment
Environmental Protection from Vehicle leaks
Adequate Maintenance Space to Conduct
Repairs
Improved Employee Efficiency
Safer Work Environment for Town Employees
Potential for Future Growth
Improved Employee Morale

15. The Proposed Design: Minimizes the Total Project Cost
Optimizes Opportunity with ADD Alternates
Designed with Future “Green” Plans in
Mind, Including a PV Array
Allows for Future Growth on Site
Provides improve control of environmental hazards
Fits with rural appearance

16. A New Facility Will Provide
Improved Emergency Responses
Safer Storage for the Town’s Critical Equipment
Makes Additional Space Available for Ambulance and Fire

17. Concept: Develop A Central Highway Garage on
Fournier Road

20. Service Center Building

24. Projected Long-term Savings
Decreased unscheduled maintenance activities
Increase in vehicle life expectancy, extending vehicle replacement schedules
Improvement in productive labor associated with cold weather and storm event impacts

25. Reduced Vehicle Maintenance Costs:
The extreme temperature and precipitation fluctuations of weather are one of the primary causes of the premature deterioration of vehicle bodies and components, rubber parts and tires, paint oxidation and drive train components (due to cold/low flow lubrication). Brakes, axles, springs and exhaust systems are significantly compromised by outside storage as well. DPW vehicles can spend as much as seventy-five percent of their useful life parked in the open and unprotected from the elements, waiting to be placed in service. Preventive maintenance is also increased with outside storage due to lubrication fluid and grease breakdown caused by extreme temperatures.

26. Payback based on 2012 data from Mt Lebanon PA DPW -3
Payback based on 2012 data from Mt Lebanon PA DPW -3.5 additional years on average
Simple Payback for Pole Barn
Vehicle
# of Vehicles
Current Replacement costs (each)*
Current Replacement costs (all)
Useful life (Stored outdoors)
Useful life (Stored indoors)**
Years of Savings (based on 25 years for pole barn)
Savings during the life of the pole barn***
Heavy Truck 4
$ 160,000.00
$ ,000.00 10
13.5
0.6
$ ,814.81
Light Dump Truck 2
$ 80,000.00
$ ,000.00 8
10.5
0.7
$ ,047.62
Pickup Truck 1
$ 40,000.00
$ ,000.00
$ ,761.90
Loaders
$ 180,000.00
$ ,000.00 13
15.5
0.3
$ ,662.53
Mini excavator
$ ,000.00
$ ,813.90
Over-the-fence mower
$ 100,000.00
$ ,000.00 5
7.5
1.7
$ ,666.67
Tractor
Road Grader
$ 250,000.00
$ ,000.00
$ ,543.42
Trailers
$ 12,000.00
$ ,000.00
$ ,444.17
$ 1,734,000.00
$ 976,568.92

27. Total Project Cost VERIFY FROM BIDS
*Including $420K for pole barn
New Funding
from borrowing $1,975,000
Balance from available funds

28. Cost of the Project per Household MORE INFO FROM TOM
$180/Year based on a home value of $300,000
Recommended by Finance Committee
Recommended by Board of Selectmen

29. THANK YOU
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS