### **Costs** - **Initial Costs**: $6000 - **Amortized Equipment Cost**: $600.00 per year (10-year lifespan) - **Amortized Certification Cost**: $320.00 per year (5-year lifespan) - **Annual Reimbursement Cost**: $1200.00 (for maintenance and gas, based on $10/hour for 120 hours) - **Annual Fuel Cost**: $900.00 - **Insurance Cost**: $500.00 per year - **volunteer hours**: 120 annually - **Total Annual Operating Cost**: $2920.00 #### Market Costs - $650 per drive way -> $32,500 - $20,000 shared roads - total: $52,500 per year #### Comparison - (52000-3000)/120 = $408/hr ### **Assumptions** - **Snow Events**: 12 plowable events per year - **Labor Time**: Each event requires 10 hours of labor, totaling 120 hours annually - **Reimbursement**: $10/hour to cover volunteers’ vehicle maintenance and gas - **Volunteers**: 4 individuals, each handling multiple events, trained once every 5 years - **Fuel Cost**: Estimated at $75 per event based on fuel consumption and distance - **Equipment Lifespan**: 10 years for the truck-mounted plow - **Insurance**: Liability insurance estimated at $500 per year to cover: - Property damage during plowing - Bodily injury claims resulting from accidents - Legal fees in the event of negligence claims ### Notes - part of the problem of snow removal in a neighborhood right now is coordination between the roads no removal and the driveway if the road comes after they're just going to put snow into the driveway - budget is 5500 5,000 for the plowing and 500 for sal 20 snow events after 1.5"