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Commission continues bookmobile MOU for two weeks to allow staff to provide hard cost numbers
Summary
The commission continued two agenda items about the state bookmobile memorandum of understanding so staff can provide fleet and labor cost details and allow the county to calculate per-stop charges before finalizing city-level participation.
The Utah County Commission continued agenda items 16 and 17 (bookmobile memorandum of understanding) for two weeks to allow staff to provide the detailed fleet, hourly and materials costs needed to create a transparent pricing formula for participating cities.
Bridal Lund (Bookmobile manager, state; SEG 1006) explained that the main cost savings when reducing stops comes from staffing hours rather than fleet charges, which are a flat lease plus per-mile and fuel charges controlled by the state fleet. She said a full-time, 40-hour-per-week operation has a cap near $105,000, that fleet monthly lease rates are about $1,000–$1,200, and that per-mile charges can run roughly $0.75 to $1.25 depending on vehicle age and mileage. Staff said they will provide fleet and staff cost breakdowns and a proposed formula to allocate hours and fleet costs between county and participating cities.
Commissioners requested the hard numbers before returning to the matter: once county staff supply hourly rates and fleet charges, the commission will compute per-stop or per-city allocations and resume the items. The motion to continue items 16 and 17 for two weeks passed 3-0.
