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<br /> Ms. Riedl replied, They are staying the same. We're working with the same employers that we
<br /> worked with previously. Actually, one (1) of them is the City. So, Venues, Parks & Arts will be
<br /> one (1) of the partners, and then Beacon, and the University of Notre Dame. Those are all
<br /> employers who we worked with for the first (1st) pilot for the Bloomberg Mayor's Challenge and
<br /> we're specifically going to be supporting hourly wage workers at each of those employers
<br /> Councilmember Broden followed up, Let's talk elevators just quickly. The $300,000 budgeted,
<br /> how often, you said we're liable at twenty three percent (23%), is that specific to the elevator? Or
<br /> is that just a twenty three percent(23%) whatever it's needed for?
<br /> Mr. Parker replied, It's the amount that we pay to the County for common area maintenance. So,
<br /> every year we pay common area maintenance of that, whatever amount it takes to maintain the
<br /> buildings.
<br /> Councilmember Broden followed up, Okay, so then it's specific to that project in 2020?
<br /> Mr. Parker replied, Yeah, so because this was a one (1)-time capital spend, the County actually
<br /> notified us that this project was coming down the pipe and said, "Hey, make sure that you budget
<br /> appropriately given that there will be this increased cost in 2020."
<br /> Councilmember Broden stated, And then I think Councilmember Davis hit this, but I think across
<br /> all the departments if we're asking for an increase and we're benchmarking that against other
<br /> municipalities, certainly Indiana, and I would actually look more regionally at those, if some of
<br /> that benchmarking information could be shared I think that would be helpful. I think departments
<br /> have done that in the past on a general basis and I would concur with Councilmember Davis on
<br /> that. And then the evaluation on the charge for labor rates. That's obviously revenue that's coming
<br /> in for equipment services. When was that last evaluated to market?
<br /> Mr. Parker replied, Last summer.
<br /> Councilmember Jake Tesha asked, Just to piggyback back on that, that rate, well first(1st) of all I
<br /> guess, I could be missing it,but what does that outside account for? Outside vehicles we work on,
<br /> what kind of chunk of change is that? So, that external work that we're charging an extra eighty
<br /> dollars ($80) for, what does that look like, or what has it looked like for the first half of this year
<br /> revenue wise. Are we doing a lot of that?
<br /> Matt Chlebowski, Chief Administration Officer for Central Services with offices located at 1045
<br /> West Sample Street,replied,And we reported that just a couple weeks ago when we did our update.
<br /> Normally, it's right around$220,000 to $250,000 a year that we bring in in external revenues. And
<br /> really what we do is it helps us keep the costs to our internal City departments lower because we're
<br /> bringing in that revenue to take care of our overhead and employee costs.
<br /> Councilmember Teshka followed up, And that's for the most part, that's diesel work right?
<br /> Mr. Chlebowski replied,Yeah,we do some automotive and van work,like for housing authorities,
<br /> we do all their vehicles.
<br /> Councilmember Teshka asked, Externally though, is it mostly diesel?
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