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Monthly Scheduled Services Performance Report

Services are ranked by agency performance in the month shown. The yearly average percentage is presented to show a comparison between the activity for the month (August 2007) and the year (August 2006–2007).


On-Time Completion Percentage (Top Performers)

Top Performers
(100 – 80%)
August
2007
August
2006– 07
Agency Remarks on Performance Ratings
Alley Cleaning 100% 100% Consistent performance and response to service requests
Bulk Collection 100% 100% Consistent performance and response to service requests
Autumn Leaf Collection 100% 99% Leaf Collection season ends in January. It will resume again in November 2007.
Street Cleaning 100% 98% Consistent performance and response to service requests
Illegal Dumping 100% 94% Consistent performance and response to service requests
Sanitation Enforcement 98% 99% Consistent performance and response to service requests
Traffic Signals 98% 98% Dedicated staff continues to respond to service requests quickly, which contributes to our consistent performance and on-time resolutions.
Department of Health 97% 100% Consistent performance and response to service requests
Parking Enforcement 96% 96% Consistent performance and response to service requests
Litter Cans 96% 95% Procurement of new litter cans has been held up since April 2005. We have made a recommendation on the third set of bids and await an award. Delivery will come in 90 to 120 days after award.
Street Repair 95% 99% Rental of Spray Injection pothole Patchers and Drivers has helped to improve performance.
Alley Repair 95% 98% Rental of Spray Injection pothole Patchers and Drivers has freed up resources to improve performance and focus to fulfill a greater number of service requests on-time.
Street & Alley Lights 94% 92% During the spring of 2007, DDOT synchronized its work order systems (iSlims) with the Hansen systsem database. There are still manual problem code changes that must happen on a daily basis (no currents, defective fixtures, missing poles and work requests that are not under our jurisdiction). In July, the Traffic Services Administration teams were still responsible for the follow-up on referred work orders that had to have problem changes in the Hansen database.
Signs 94% 92% Working on improvement of internal investigative process. Dedicating staff and augmenting business plan through personnel realignment of the Branch.
Trash Collection Requested 93% 85% Trash collection service is only considered missed if it is not provided on the scheduled day. The crews often are out past 3:00pm. Please do not call on the scheduled day of collection. We continued to work to improve our response time.
Sidewalk Repair 91% 98% Rental of Spray Injection pothole Patchers and Drivers has freed up resources to improve performance and focus to fulfill a greater number of service requests on-time.
Yard Waste 91% 97% Consistent performance and response to service requests
Dead Animal 88% 98% Consistent performance and response to service requests
Recycling Request 88% 85% Recycling collection service is only considered missed if it is not provided on the scheduled day. The crews often are out past 3:00p. Please do not call on the scheduled day of collection.
Grass and Weeds Mowing 83% 78% Mowing does not take place during the winter. The mowing season is April thru September.
Parking Meters 82% 84% The iSlims contractor has had information technology interface problems synching with the Hansen system database. This resulted in late closure of service requests. The problem is being solved; the overdue service requests have been completed but not closed in the database. Most have been manually closed. The overall performance numbers will be improved moving forward.
Trees 80% 60% UFA has commenced new operating procedures in order to fulfill current service requests in a timely fashion while also processing and resolving its backlog. Though on-time % has improved over the past few months, Hansen database connectivity issues negatively affected service delivery and work processes.

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On-Time Completion Percentage (Need Improvement)

Need Improvement
(79 – 70%)
August
2007
August
2006– 07
Agency Remarks on Performance Ratings
Abandoned Auto 76% 80% Consistent performance and response to service requests

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On-Time Completion Percentage (Below Expectations)

Below Expectations
(69 – 0%)
August
2007
August
2006– 07
Agency Remarks on Performance Ratings
Abandoned Auto Private Property 65% 77% In many cases, property owners request removal of vehicles after giving written authorization. Without written documentation additional time is required.
Super Can 37% 77% A problem with parts resulted in performance being down in July. Parts have been received and performance should improve in August.

Note: Ranked in order by current month. Average percentage presented for comparison purposes.