do not think they are amortizing costs of water, reseeding and replacing turf
with sod as needed over the years.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <oakdorf@...> wrote:
>
> Are you cutting out some jobs as well then or reallocating their time.
>
> I grew up on the lake.
>
> You gonna tell me it cost $115,000 per year to maintain a field?
>
> Well gasket blown cause I spent two days playing plumber for simple washing
> machine hookup...
>
> Ok, I'll go with your savings plan.
>
> I found this rather quickly on the net....in Florida.
>
> """"""
>
> Despite a high initial cost, the new fields installed by FieldTurf Tarkett
> have a fraction of the maintenance costs related to natural grass. A study
> done by the FieldTurf company estimates a savings of $47,500 a year using its
> synthetic turf.
>
> While grass fields require mowing, watering, fertilizing and painting,
> FieldTurf only requires that the polyethylene grass fibers and sand and
> rubber infill be groomed every couple of weeks with a large, rake-like brush.
>
> Russell Clukey, the school district's executive director of support services,
> said he expects to save $10,000 a year in maintenance costs per field. That
> is money that would come out of operational funds, further stretching the
> district's already tight budget.
>
> So far, the fields have saved even more money than anticipated.
>
> "We had budgeted $5,000 a year in maintenance," Clukey said. "It probably
> cost less than $2,000."
>
> Barron Collier football coach Mark Ivey previously served as athletic
> director at Cypress Lake. In his time at his former job, Ivey said the school
> spent more than $30,000 a year on paint for the football field. The new
> synthetic turf fields are permanently marked and require no additional paint
> or chalk for the yard lines.
>
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