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FY 2007 Budget - Forest Preserve District of Cook County

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MAINTENANCE 2006 ACCOMPLISHMENTS<br />

• Liquidated excess antiquated equipment and vehicles by conducting sales on E-Bay.<br />

• Installed approximately two hundred (200) charcoal containers providing for a safer, more<br />

environmentally friendly picnic atmosphere for patrons.<br />

• Integrated approximately seven hundred (700) metal legged, less maintenance intensive picnic<br />

tables into groves.<br />

• Implemented <strong>District</strong>-wide usage <strong>of</strong> computerized fuel dispensing system to better monitor fuel<br />

usage for <strong>District</strong> vehicles and equipment.<br />

• Enhanced safety <strong>of</strong> one hundred eighty-four (184) drop gates by painting gates safety orange and<br />

installing reflective stickers on gates in addition to a 10-foot yellow diamond painted around each<br />

gate to alert cyclists.<br />

• Increased number <strong>of</strong> portable toilets and cleanings in heavily used picnic groves to better serve<br />

the needs <strong>of</strong> the public.<br />

MAINTENANCE <strong>2007</strong> GOALS<br />

• Enhance infrastructure maintenance through utilization <strong>of</strong> a vactor machine for cleaning catch<br />

basins and sewers in picnic groves.<br />

• Provide on-line in house training for mechanics servicing Ford, Sterling and International trucks.<br />

• Re-stripe all parking bays, including handicapped accessible spaces, and install new signage.<br />

• Implement CFA s<strong>of</strong>tware programs to better monitor parts inventory, equipment repairs, vehicle<br />

fuel usage and major fixed assets.<br />

• Continue liquidation <strong>of</strong> non-useful antiquated equipment through E-Bay or lot sales.<br />

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