WMOD00556

• Title: A Simulation of the Costs of Removing Snow from County Highways in Colorado
• Date: 3/1/1983
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

Assessment of Available Data

Quantifying county expenditures for snow removal requires detailed
information about labor, such as the number of hours each employee
~ends removing snow and performing related duties; capital expenditures
including the purchase price, depreciation and maintenance costs of
equipment; and the cost of materials like cinder and chains. Since the
counties studied do not keep detalled records of these expenses (except,
La Plata which recently has begun to keep daily records of employee
activities and machine use to document possible future requests for
federal aid in winters of heavy snowfall), we estimate them with a
computer simulation model. Recommendations regarding the types of
records that counties could keep to determine costs more accurately
appear in the Appendix.n
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