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MAR 2 2 190 BOOK 91 PACE 1®49 THE ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA INC. TASK FORCE COMMITTEE: 1) FINAL REPORT, AND 2) PETITION PAVING BUDGET AMENDMENT 014 The Board reviewed the following Task Force Committee Final Report and memo from OMB Director Joe Baird dated March 16, 1994: Florida East Coast Chapter The Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. 2617 North Australian Avenue West Palm Beach, Florida 33407 Telephone: (407) 833-3809 Fax: (407) 833.6024 Please reply to: INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FORCE ACCOUNUPRIVATIZATION TASK FORCE COMMITTEE FINAL REPORT 2770 North Indian River Boulevard Suite 304 Vero Beach, Florida 32960 Telephone: (407) 778-1325 Fax: (407) 569-9303 On Tuesday, November 16, 1993 the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners approved the formation of a Task Force established to review cost differences of force account work versus contracting with private enterprise. The Task Force was established, consisting of Committee members Ron Ewing, Vista Properties of Vero Beach Inc.; John Brenner, AIA, Architects Schutt and Brenner, PA; Ross Cotherman, CPA, Berger, Harris, Toombs, Elam and McAlpin; Randy Mosby, Mosby and Associates Inc.; Kelly Crick, Ranger Construction Industries, Inc. and Steve Hall, The Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.. Indian River County was represented by Mr. Tim Chandler, County Administrator, Jim Davis, Public Works Director, Joe Baird, Director, Office of Management and Budget and Terry Cook, Superintendent, Road and Bridge. The Committee met with County staff approximately six (6) times over a five (5) month period. The Committee met an additional three (3) times without staff in the office of the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. to review material presented by staff in support of questions raised by the Committee and to establish consistency and continuity in the Committee's direction. In an effort to assure that outlays for public spending are done as efficiently and in the most cost effective manner as possible, relative to the Public Works Department the Task Force submits the following recommendations: 1. Eliminate the title "Petition Paving" from the Public Works Department. 2. Establish a "Job Cost" accounting system in the Public Works and OMB Departments that will allow tracking of individual projects to include man hours, equipment hours and material. Job costing each project will establish definitive costs for the County and the taxpayer. Property owners will be 44