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<br /> 2. Travel costs to maintain remote data collection <br /> hardware $14,000 <br /> 3. Office space and secretarial support for 2 FTE's <br /> $1,000 per month $12,000 <br /> 4. Computer room and utilities for VAX 11/750 computer <br /> $1,000 per month $12,000 <br /> 5. Support from the Information Services Branch <br /> $1,000 per month $12,000 <br /> 6. Administrative costs <br /> $500 per month $ 6,000 <br />B. FY 87-88 Budget <br /> <br />The projected operating cost of the system for FY 87-88 is $228,341. A <br />detailed breakdown of these costs is given in Table 4. Beginning in FY 87-88, <br />an administrative overhead assessment will be charged by the Department of <br />Administration against cash funding. This assessment for FY 87-88 is esti- <br />mated to be $12,600. The Division of Telecommunications decreased the cost of <br />the seven "Metro" microwave communications lines between the Division offices <br />and the system's central computer providing cost savings in FY 87-88 amounting <br />to $10,041. <br /> <br />C. Future Budget Considerations <br /> <br />There are clear indications that in the future user fees will be <br />charged by NOAA-NESDIS to offset the costs of operating the GOES DCS. These <br />user fees may be assessed as early as 1990, coinciding with the launch of the <br />next generation of GOES spacecraft and the activation of the NOAA-NESDIS <br />Automatic Data Processing System. There is no estimate as to the possible <br />range of user fees. <br /> <br />The new generation of GOES spacecraft may utilize transmission relay <br />rates of 300 bits per second (bps) over the present rate of 100 bps. This <br />would require modifications to the existing DCP transmitters. If the modi- <br />fication cost were to range from an estimated $200 to $400 per unit, the total <br />cost to modify the 166 units operated by the state of Colorado would amount to <br />$33,200-$66,400. <br /> <br />There is a concern over short-term and long-term hardware replacement <br />costs. On the short term (24 to 48 months), replacement will be primarily due <br />to damaged/vandalized hardware. Current replacement cost for the GOES-linked <br />data collection hardware installed at a single station is approximately <br />$5,500. If 5% of the hardware had to be replaced in a given year, the cost <br />would be $41,500. This exceeds budgeted amounts by $25,000. On the long-term <br />(48 to 72 months), consideration must be given to blanket replacement of hard- <br />ware. The effective lifetime of a DCP is expected to be between 6 to 8 years <br /> <br />-62- <br />