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2022 Equipment Rental & Revolving Preliminary Budget <br />The Director of Public Works manages the Kittitas County Equipment Rental and Revolving (E. R. & R.) Fund. The E. R. & R. <br />The purpose of the fund is to account for the financing of goods and services provided primarily to the road fund. <br />The following Services are Provided by the ER&R Fund: <br />Administration-The Administration division provides financial management and administration for the divisions within the E. R. <br />& R. Fund. Services include asset management, developing rental rates and inventory management. Revenues are provided <br />Pits and Quarries -The Pits & Quarries division manages the pits and stockpiles of rock owned by Kittitas County. The rock <br />stockpiled in these pits is purchased by the County Road Fund for use on county road maintenance and construction projects <br />and winter road sanding operations. In addition to county owned pits, we also solicit bids from private vendors for maintenan ce <br />rock used by the County Road Fund. Revenues are provided through sales of county owned rock primarily to the County Road <br />Mechanic Shop - The Mechanical Shop division is responsible for maintaining the fleet of vehicles utilized by the County Road <br />Fund. This division also maintains the County mechanical shop facilities. The division includes two mechanics and one shop <br />foreman. Kittitas County also sublets light duty vehicle preventive maintenance such as lube and oil changes to local vendors . <br />Central Stores - The Central Stores maintains a supply of culvert pipe and guardrail used by the County Road Fund in the <br />event of unscheduled repairs. For scheduled construction projects culvert pipe and guardrail are purchased direct by the road <br />fund as these materials do not require storage. Revenues are provided thr ough the sales of materials to the County Road <br />Rental Services - The Equipment Rental Services accounts for the maintenance and operation of the vehicles and equipment <br />used primarily by the County Road Fund. Revenues are provided through adopted equipment rental rates. Rates are <br />established to cover the operating costs of the equipment (fuel, insurance, repairs) and a replacement factor to cover inflat ion <br />Sign Fabrication Shop - This functionality is being moved to Road Maintenance. <br /> <br />Primary Goal for 2022 - The primary goal for ER&R for 2022 is to complete acquisition of land supporting relocation of the <br />Lower County Shop. Public Works proposes acquiring approximately five acres of land from Solid Waste along SR 907 <br />allowing colocation with the new Lower County Solid Waste Transfer Station.