Economic Review
01-07-1985
Twin Oaks
Economic Review TO-C4
1985 SIX-MONTH REVIEW TRADEOFFS
MAKE YOUR CHOICES ADD UP TO 19,000 OR LESS
What this means.
As you know, the KDC overrun was announced at $70,000, not counting various furnishings and miscellaneous. Taking that figure as if it had already been spent, as if the total for the building were $300,000, we predicted next year's priority money to be (conservatively) $65,000.
However, much of th "overrun" has in fact not been spent yet. We've spent $14 of it, in fact. So we have the option of spending less on the KDC now (or more, for that matter). If we spend less, we will have either more money to trade off in 1986 or else a higher working capital, depending on how conservatively we view the coming years when we get closer to November.
The planners have authorized about $37,000 more spending for the mechanicals, hoods, floor, doors, and pre-committed things. Decisions about the remaining items, however, are for the community at large to choose. We are expecting to be guided in our decision-making primarily by the "votes" on the tradeoff game.
In addition, several third- and fourth-quarter requests have come in, and we are adding them to the game to give everyone a complete view of the dimensions of the decisions. They, too, should be part of whatever total you decide to go for.
The planners think it is safe and reasonable to spend $19k (total of $70k) during this period in order to get the KDC closer to completion. However, we are not attached or committed to that figure or any other. If we get mostly feedback that says to save the money for later, that's what we'll do.
KDC ITEMS
Steam table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, 500
Lighting for above steam table . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Urn and cooler counter (goes under milk & soda) . . . 800
Range top for snack area (built in) . . . . . . . . . . 400
Sink for snack area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Kitchen shelving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, 000
Walk-in shelving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
Food storage shelving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Basement (root cellar) shelves . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Busing & food service carts, utensil carts, etc. . . .2, 500
Snack area cabinets (counter-high, w/o doors) . .. . .1, 650
Snack area cabinets (overhead, w/o doors) . . . .. . . . 780
Counter tops for snack area cabinets . . . . . . . . . . 300
Doors for snack cabinets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Video cabinet (w/o doors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 560
Smoke-room audio storage cabinet (w/o doors) . . . . . . 400
Doors for video and audio cabinets . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Lounge furnishings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, 500
Main dining room chairs & tables . . . . . . . . . . .3, 000
Smokers dining room chairs & tables .. . . . . . . . . . 800
Child dining room chairs & tables . . . . . . . . . . 1, 000
File cabinet & desk for kitchen . . .. . . . . . . . . . 200
Washer and dryer . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . 600
Salad and cold dessert bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, 200
Carpet for lounge, phone area, and passage. . . . . . 3, 000
Finish basement walls for food storage . . . . . . . . . 800
Acoustic material cover for curved wall . . . . . . . . 700
OTHER 6-MONTH REVIEW ITEMS
Another OPP for this year . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 000
Boost to darkroom budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Chewacla Bottom fence (Steph's labor + materials). . . . 430
Boost to bicycle budget due to cart and wheel-barrows being added to that area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Pigs (purchase and slaughter costs. Dairy crew will handle. Use our scraps.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Wall-to-wall carpet in hx shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750
Loan to Vida for the rest of 1985 (unexpected
action from creditors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644
Floor buffer to maintain KDC wood floors . . . . . . . . 330
(already purchased because of bargain. Now charged to house.) ___________
TOTAL 19,000
LABOR REQUESTS
Our resident labor is adding about 1500 hours this season, so we could go for some of these requests. Mark each of these labor requests with a "V" or a "C" or an "N", which will be interpreted as follows:
"V" -- Vital. You are willing to see quota at 49 for this.
"C" -- Conditional. Quota up to 47.5 ok with you for this.
"N" -- Nonessential. You'd rather have lower quota than this.
KDC construction, Will's labor . . . . . . . . . .V 600 hrs
KDC construction, skilled members . . . .. . . . . . . V 300
KDC construction, unskilled members . . . . . . . . . V 600
KDC move (the physical move, not the planning) . . . . V 150
Fencing (assisting Steph with Chewacla Bottom fence.). N 50
Molly's fall semester in college . . . . . . . . . . .C 280
Morningstar siding (do the work with Twin Oaks labor). C 400
(note: hired labor dollar costs saved: $2500?) Movement support. Monthly meetings only. No O.Q. . . .V 23
Half credit for people attending and preparing
Milk Processing (more pregnant cows, more milk. . . . .N 225
Sprouts for the summer. Bill will do them . . .... .. V 39
Dairy Barn Planning. 20 hrs per quarter. . . . . . . . C 40
Note: All of the above labor requests are intended to be fore the rest of the year, not just 3rd quarter.
