Budget

Email from Bob re: budget:

I am enclosing a first draft of a Playground budget in pdf and excel formats based upon the average cost numbers that were mentioned at our first meeting.

Please note: The goal of the preliminary budget is to provide a template for the process. Nothing is set in stone so speak. The main purpose is to get the ball rolling and to facilitate an online dialog. Don’t let the numbers scare anyone, as this is just a first attempt at putting some actual figures down on paper.

Based upon the structures that I have priced online and in playground equipment catalogs so far, a structure large enough to handle 100+ kids is close to $90,000 +/- $10,000.

[|See this link] for an example (again this is only for dialog purposes) which can handle 145 kids for $99K. For reference, the foot print is 73’ x 63’:

I am sure that there are other options that may be less expensive and as well some that may be more expensive. I encourage everyone to visit the various online websites and pick their own favorites with input from as many kids as we can get.

Our existing playground foot print is approximately 92’ x92’ and requires approximately one foot (1’) of base material depth. The volume of base material required would then be equal to 315 cubic yards, say 325 to be safe. The $35 per yard price for base material is an average. Some base material is going to be less and some base material will obviously cost much more.

Since we need to have a six foot buffer all around, the actual play structure foot print is reduced to 80’ x 80’.

The other associated costs in the budget outline are best guess estimates at this point.

I am sure that there are other items that can be added, as well as a few that can be deleted.

Please add your suggestions so that we can develop a preliminary concept for discussion at our next meeting.

It was suggested to me that we try a targeted funding drive first, and then follow up with a wider fund raising effort later depending upon the success of the first round of fundraising.

I have added some funding estimates at the end of the spreadsheet to give us an idea what level and quantity of donations would be required to achieve our goal. Again this is only a first draft. I am looking for feedback from the committee on the best approach to achieve our goal of funding this project.

Please forward your comments and suggestions to me.

Thanks,

Bob

PG Budget Est.: (in both Excel and PDF forms)