ACMS ALL CITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES
May 16, 2022
Jason Kleven, Lieutenant
City of Pleasant Hill
330 Civic Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Dear Lieutenant
It is once again the time of the year when many agencies are formulating their budgets for the coming fiscal year. Toward that end, please allow this letter to serve as confirmation of our interest in extending our agreement for providing School Crossing Guard Services through the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
As you may know hiring challenges have impacted all sectors of the labor market, across the nation.
Our workforce has been decimated, the number of sites that remained unstaffed in spite of our doubling down on ads, incentives and recruitment efforts has been frightening to say the least.
In our industry our workforce has historically maintained an average age of approximately 64 years old. Since COVID and as a direct result of the lives lost, the risk inherent with this age group and the fears still prevalent we've lost a significant portion of our workforce. The net effect has been a younger workforce that expects and demands wage rates higher than minimum wage. When we factor in a higher cost of living, the rising costs of gas with most Crossing Guards required to go back and forth to work 2, 3 or 4 times a day, the demand for higher wages is predictable.
Our plan as we enter the coming school year is to offer more competitive wages. This will mean significantly higher billing rates for most programs throughout the nation. To facilitate the calculation of the annual program cost we have developed and included with this letter a Client Worksheet. This Worksheet is our best estimation of the hours and cost of your program based on the current schedules and the proposed price increase.
While we remain committed to providing a safe, cost-effective and professional School Crossing Guard Program we hope you will find this new pricing acceptable. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at (800) 540-9290. Take care.
Sincerely,
Baron Farwell,
General Manager
10440 Pioneer Blvd Suite 5 • Santa Fe Springs, Ca 90670 • 310-202-8284 • 800-540-9290 • FAX 310-202-8325 Client Worksheet 2022 - 2023
Department: 6908
City of Pleasant Hill
Billing Rate for 2022/2023: $29.79 330 Civic Drive
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
KEY:
Traditional Calendar:
For sites with no regularly scheduled early release days, use 180 regular days For sites with one regularly scheduled early release day/week, use 144 regular days and 36 minimum days Sites with traditional calendar:
27 180 $29.79 = $144,779.40
9 Sites at 3.0 hrs per day Total Hrs/day X days/yr X Hourly Billing Rate TOTAL PROJECTED HOURS 4860 TOTAL ANNUAL PROJECTED COST $144,779.40