Street Sweeping Costs Per Hour Worksheet

The following worksheet is an excellent aid for computing the cost per hour for sweeping streets. If you have any suggestions for additions or other changes, please let us know.

Also available is a similar checklist which works to compute cost per curb mile for street sweeping.

Analysis Worksheet For Figuring Current Costs Of Street Sweeping, Per Hour And Total

For the following, use the total dollar amount which has been the result of sweeping operations over the last 12 month period:

1. Payroll Hours:

   1a. Straight Time: _____ hours times $______ per hour = $_________ Year Total

   1aa. Straight Time: _____ hours times $______ per hour = $_________ Year Total

   1b. Premium Time: _____ hours times $______ per hour = $_________ Year Total

   1bb. Premium Time: _____ hours times $______ per hour = $_________ Year Total

   1c. Total Payroll Hours (total of all "hours" categories above) _____

   1d. Total Dollar Cost (add all "$ per year" categories) $ _____

2. Shift Differential: Amount paid to employees for other than first shift and/or Monday -- Friday:
   _____ hours times $______ per hour = $_________ Year Total

   Fringe Benefit Costs: Include items such as vacation pay, employer's contribution to Social Security Tax, Unemployment Insurance Tax, sick leave, city paid employee life and health insurance, holiday pay, city paid dues and memberships, retirement fund payments, bonus payments, etc.

   Cost Per Payroll Hour $______ Total Dollar Cost $______

   Workmen's Compensation claims paid (best to use average over last 5 years):

   $_________ Year Total

   Cost of uniforms, personnel equipment, cleaning, etc. (for uniforms and equipment, pro-rata over useable lifetime for items with lifetimes of less than or more than 1 year):

   $_________ Year Total

   Cost of training sweeper drivers, plus any other special supervision costs associated with sweeper operators:

   $_________ Year Total

   Cost of liability insurance and other insurance premiums applicable to the sweeping operations:

   $_________ Year Total

   Pro-rata or amortized costs, fuel, maintenance, repairs and parts for the sweeper unit and other related equipment:

   $_________ Year Total

   Administrative overhead applicable to the sweeping operations, including square footage of physical space:

   $_________ Year Total

   Additional cost required to meet your present sweeping schedule when employees were absent due to sickness, vacations or when the sweeping unit was inoperable:

   $_________ Year Total

   Current Total Cost Per Year (add totals)

   $_________

   Current Cost Per Payroll Hour

   $_________ (divide line 11 by line 1c.)

   Hourly Price Of Contracted Sweeping:

   $_________

   Savings (Loss) Per Hour

   $_________ (subtract line 13 from line 12)

   Dollar Savings (Loss) Over 12 Months

   $_________ (Line 13 times line 1c. minus line 11)

   Percent Savings (Loss)

   $_________ (line 15 divided by line 11)

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