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Public Works Memorandum <br /> NO. 2013-10 <br /> DATE: March 6, 2013 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager <br /> Richard G. Marley, P. E., Public Works Director <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution Appropriating Motor Fuel Tax Funds for 2012 and 2013 Traffic <br /> Signal Maintenance <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> It is recommended by staff that the City Council approve the attached resolutions appropriating <br /> Motor Fuel Tax(MFT) funds for general traffic signal maintenance and operations for calendar <br /> year 2012 and 2013, and that the Mayor be authorized to sign said resolutions, and the City Clerk <br /> to attest. <br /> 1. $367,100.00 was authorized to fund traffic signal maintenance and operations for <br /> calendar year 2012. At the conclusion of the calendar year it was determined that the <br /> actual expenses totaled $381,286.89 which exceeded the original estimate by <br /> $14,186.89. The attached resolution appropriates an additional$14,186.89 to cover the <br /> actual expenditures in 2012 for traffic signal maintenance. <br /> 2. A resolution appropriating $400,000, for the estimated cost of traffic signal <br /> maintenance and operations for calendar year 2013. <br /> PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: <br /> Each year the City Council appropriates Motor Fuel Tax(MFT) funds for traffic signal <br /> maintenance and operations. This allocation is identified each fiscal year in the City's Capital <br /> Improvement plan. <br /> May 21, 2012—Council approved Resolution 82012-115 appropriating$367,100 in MFT funds <br /> for traffic signal maintenance and operations for calendar year 2012. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The City's Capital Improvement Plan includes MFT allocations to reimburse the General Fund <br /> for the traffic signal maintenance and operation work performed by City staff with the Public <br /> Works Department. The funding covers the salary and benefits costs of two City Electricians, <br /> their vehicles, materials, traffic signal electricity costs, and contracted services. The Illinois <br /> Department of Transportation(IDOT)reimburses the City for a portion of the maintenance work, <br /> Page I 1 <br />