FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY MANUAL

activities, in this instance, are not performing a unique Department of
the Navy mission.
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075131 PUBLIC WORKS CENTERS
1. CIRCUMSTANCES.
The Department of the Navy has many large installation complexes for
which a public works center or a "lead" activity has mission responsibility
to provide facilities operation and maintenance support to all co-located
activities. Pearl Harbor, Norfolk, Yokosuka, and the Philadelphia Naval
Base complexes are representative
2. PURPOSE.
This paragraph delineates basic rules for determining budgetary and
reimbursement responsibility for facility maintenance and operation
support provided by public works centers or public works "lead"
activities. It also defines certain common-service functions and identifies
the specific activities responsible for budgeting for these functions.
3. POLICY
a. Common-Service Facilities.
The maintenance and operation costs related to the following facilities
or services are the budgetary responsibility of a single activity in the
complex:
(1) facilities which provide access to, or service more than one
shore activity, including roads, parking lots, walkways and
grounds, and related protective drainage structures such as
culverts, flumes, and ditches;
(2) common bus and taxi service.
b. Utilities.
Electricity, steam, water, natural and manufactured gas, and
compressed air systems costs are initially financed by the public works
activity. Customer activities budget and reimburse for utilities on the
basis of the unit rate established by the public works activity for each
type of utility.
c. Public Works Peculiar and Automotive Equipment.
Maintenance and operating costs of public works peculiar equipment
and automotive equipment including motor pool vehicles are initially
financed by the public works activity. These costs are reimbursed by
customer activities on the basis of user rates established by the public
works activity. As a requirement of the regulations governing the
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