COST PER YEAR TO MAINTAIN A GRASS FOOTBALL FIELD AT RHODES STADIUM:

To:  Ken Leach, Executive Director for Planning and Facilities

From:   Frank Norwood, Director of Maintenance and Operations

Subject:  Maintenance of Grass Football Fields

Date:  October 19, 1992

Equipment:

     Riding Reel Lawn Mower                                                           $8,000

     Paint Sprayer                                                                              $  400 

Yearly Cost:

One Additional Man   $7.00 per hour  x  2,080 hours                =    $14,560

Overseed with winter rye   300 lbs.                                           =         $100

Overseed with Bermuda  250 lbs.                                             =         $175

Fertilize 5 times a year  1500 lbs.                                              =        $250

Herbicide 3 times a year                                                           =         $225

Sand twice a year 162 yds. of sand                                          =      $3,000

Paint 10 gals. a time  x  10 weeks                                             =      $1,500

Water  25,000 gals. per month                                                  =         $500

Total                                                                                          =    $20,310