Examination report on the City of Gilmore City, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Gilmore City, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Swea City, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Swea City, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Lansing, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Lansing, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Atkins, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Atkins, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Remsen, Iowa and the Remsen Municipal Utilities for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Remsen, Iowa and the Remsen Municipal Utilities for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Manly, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Manly, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Hamburg, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Hamburg, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Villisca, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Villisca, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the Villisca Municipal Power Plant in Villisca, Iowa for the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013

Examination report on the Villisca Municipal Power Plant in Villisca, Iowa for the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013

Examination report on the City of Ocheyedan, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Ocheyedan, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination of Closing the Existing Highway Maintenance Garage at Hamlin, Iowa, 1983

An optimum allocation model has been utilized to examine the existing allocation of highway segments to maintenance garages in the Hamlin study area. The model has also been used to evaluate the financial effect of closing the garage at Hamlin. The examination of the study area shows that only three of 48 highway segments should be reallocated at an annual operational savings of approximately $1,400. The study concludes there would be an annual operational savings of approximately 128,700 if the garage at Hamlin were closed.

Examination of Existing Highway Maintenance Garage Locations in Two Study Areas in Iowa, 1982

During the 1980-81 fiscal year, the Office of Transportation Research conducted a study to examine the existing locations of highway maintenance garages in a study area provided by the Office of Maintenance. The study successfully identified a model referred to as an "Optimum Allocation Model" for examining highway maintenance garage locations in a given area. This model can optimally assign highway segments to maintenance garages and can also be used to evaluate the financial impact of closing or relocating a highway maintenance garage utilizing the highway maintenance-related data currently available at the Iowa DOT. The present study employs the optimum allocation model to examine the existing highway maintenance garage locations in two selected areas in the southeastern and southwestern parts of the state. These areas were selected by the Office of Maintenance and are referred to as "Study Area No. 1" and "Study Area No. 2" in this study. These study areas are shown in Appendices 1 and 2, respectively.

Examination of Existing Highway Maintenance Garage Locations in Tama and Blairstown Study Area, 1983

An optimum allocation model has been utilized to examine the existing allocation of highway segments to maintenance garages in the Tama and Blairstown study area. The model has also been used to evaluate the financial impact of closing the highway maintenance garages at Tama and Blairstown and building a new garage at the junction of U.S. 30 and Iowa 21. The examination of the study area shows that only 13 of 91 highway segments were reallocated under optimum procedures at an annual operational savings of approximately $13,200. The study concludes there would be an annual operational savings of approximately $48,200 if the garages at Tama and Blairstown were closed and a new garage was built at the junction of U.S. 30 and Iowa 21.

Examination of Highway Maintenance Garages in the U.S. 30 Corridor between Ames and Cedar Rapids, 1988

A linear programming model is used to optimally assign highway segments to highway maintenance garages using existing facilities. The model is also used to determine possible operational savings or losses associated with four alternatives for expanding, closing and/or relocating some of the garages in a study area. The study area contains 16 highway maintenance garages and 139 highway segments. The study recommends alternative No. 3 (close Tama and Blairstown garages and relocate new garage at Jct. U.S. 30 and Iowa 21) at an annual operational savings of approximately $16,250. These operational savings, however, are only the guidelines for decisionmakers and are subject to the required assumptions of the model used and limitations of the study.

Examination report on the City of Ely, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

Examination report on the City of Ely, Iowa for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013