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What is NYC AC § 18-144?

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This section mandates the commissioner to submit an annual report by December 1 each year detailing maintenance work performed at parks under their jurisdiction. The report includes information on maintenance staff, expenditures, and specialized services. Applies to properties maintained by the department.

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§ 18-144 Annual report on park maintenance.

AC § 18-144

a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: Fixed-post maintenance staff. The term "fixed-post maintenance staff" means department maintenance staff who are assigned to perform maintenance work at a specific property under the jurisdiction of the commissioner. Functional acreage. The term "functional acreage" means any area of property under the jurisdiction of the commissioner that is routinely maintained by department staff. Mobile maintenance crew staff. The term "mobile maintenance crew staff" means department maintenance staff who are not assigned to work out of a specific property under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, but travel to different properties to perform maintenance work. b. On or before December 1 of each year, the commissioner shall, for the immediately preceding fiscal year, submit a report to the mayor and the council on the maintenance work performed by department staff at each property under the jurisdiction of the commissioner. Such report shall include information relevant to maintenance expenditures in parks properties, including: 1. The name, type and unique internal identification number of each property; 2. The size of each property, in total acreage and functional acreage; 3. Whether the fixed-post maintenance staff are assigned to the property; 4. Per quarter, the weekly mean of work-hours for staff allocated to perform maintenance activities at each property, for both fixed-post maintenance staff and mobile maintenance crew staff; 5. Per quarter, the dollar value of the weekly mean of work hours for staff allocated to perform maintenance activities at each property, for both fixed-post maintenance staff and mobile maintenance crew staff; 6. Per quarter, the weekly mean dollar value of estimated regional, district or borough-wide maintenance services provided at each property; and 7. Per quarter, the total weekly mean dollar value of maintenance services provided at each property; provided however, should the commissioner develop another method of collecting the same or similar data pursuant to paragraphs 4 through 7 of this section, such report may be amended upon 30 days' notice to the mayor and the council to include such data. c. The report pursuant to this section shall include, per quarter, the total dollar amount for any specialized maintenance services performed, if any, at each property, including but not limited to plumbing and electrical services. d. The report pursuant to this section shall, as of at least one date per quarter, provide the current total headcount by borough of park enforcement patrol officers assigned to work on properties under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, as determined by the existing headcount on that date. e. The commissioner shall submit such annual report to the mayor and the council pursuant to the following timetable: 1. On or before December 1, 2016, information on non-specialized maintenance work performed at the one hundred largest properties as determined by functional acreage and the headcount of park enforcement patrol officers; and 2. On or before December 1, 2017, and each year thereafter, information on non-specialized maintenance work performed at all properties under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, the headcount of park enforcement patrol officers and the data collected pursuant to subdivision c of this section. f. Each annual report shall be posted on the department's website and the data collected in each report shall be posted on the city's website in a non-proprietary format that permits automated processing. (L.L. 2015/098, 11/4/2015, eff. 11/4/2015)

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