New Prisoner Transportation Vehicle Designed to Rake in Cash for WindsorA BUDGET WINDFALL
FOR THE CITY
This post is based on a simple budgetary figure brought to light by Paul Synnott in his "Windsor Municipal Shadow" blog. In it he points out that:
"In 2008, Windsor will pay $1.2 million in court security costs and another $1 million in prisoner transportation costs."
Because the issue is current lets just have some fun with the budgetary figure for Prisoner Transportation costs. $1,000,000.00 is the 2008 figure.
Here are some math presumptions:
Vehicle for Prisoner Transportation: $150,000.00 *
One Round Trip to and from the courts per day (20 km tops) X 260 days/year = 5200 km per year. At this mileage the vehicle will only have 52,000 km on it after ten years of service. It can be assumed then that the vehicle will be good for ten years at a cost of $15,000.00 year. * Maybe the current vehicle still has a few years left in it.
Vehicle Insurance: A generous $8000.00 year.
Fuel: 5200 km/year. Assume 2km/litre. $2,600.00
Two Cops: One to drive and one to chat up the customers: $208,000.00 (benefits in).
Administrative Support: One salaried person: $104,000.00** **Maybe this is already shared with other duties.
Vehicle Maintenance: A very generous $10,000.00
Sundry Expenses: What could they be? $10,000.00
Grand Total: $357,600.00 per year.
Add another $253,600.00 (Administrative Support is shared) if maybe they require two vehicles to run daily."In 2008, Windsor will pay $1.2 million in court security costs and another $1 million in prisoner transportation costs."
Because the issue is current lets just have some fun with the budgetary figure for Prisoner Transportation costs. $1,000,000.00 is the 2008 figure.
Here are some math presumptions:
Vehicle for Prisoner Transportation: $150,000.00 *
One Round Trip to and from the courts per day (20 km tops) X 260 days/year = 5200 km per year. At this mileage the vehicle will only have 52,000 km on it after ten years of service. It can be assumed then that the vehicle will be good for ten years at a cost of $15,000.00 year. * Maybe the current vehicle still has a few years left in it.
Vehicle Insurance: A generous $8000.00 year.
Fuel: 5200 km/year. Assume 2km/litre. $2,600.00
Two Cops: One to drive and one to chat up the customers: $208,000.00 (benefits in).
Administrative Support: One salaried person: $104,000.00** **Maybe this is already shared with other duties.
Vehicle Maintenance: A very generous $10,000.00
Sundry Expenses: What could they be? $10,000.00
Grand Total: $357,600.00 per year.
Here is the best part... "the Province has revealed that they will be uploading the costs of prisoner transportation beginning in 2012" and, as Paul points out, video conferencing is also coming into play.
Given the City's method for budgeting $1000.000.00 for prisoner transportation one has to wonder what other budget items are so inflated and why? Is there a special Kitty and what might it be for? Looks like they're makin money hunny! Please read Windsor Municipal Shadow here:
The Grand Total becomes: $611,200.00 per year.
One has to wonder what makes up the balance of the $1,000,000.00 figure. Maybe someone from the City could show us where this math is off (what might be missing)?
