BOS gets look at first-draft CIP

Last week, Orange County Supervisors got a glimpse of the $4.3 million in capital improvement plan requests by department heads and constitutional officers for the upcoming fiscal year.

Approximately $700,000 of the requests is funded from federal and state airport aid, while $3.6 million would be funded through transfers from the general fund.

The $3.6 million in requests, which are just that and havent yet been considered for funding by the county administrator much less supervisors, include a new generator and driveway/parking lot improvements at the animal shelter ($82,983); a building inspector vehicle ($19,500); buildings and grounds projects including vehicles ($18,000), HVAC controls for the first floor of the Sedwick building ($40,000) and a government space study ($100,000); funds for the 2016 reassessment ($148,500); E-911 projects including a relocation of the E-911, EOC and Orange County Sheriffs Office Communication Department ($260,000); Rt. 3 initiative consulting ($40,000); fire station generators ($50,000); ambulance replacements ($500,000); county server replacement ($90,000); $360,000 for expanding the landfills second cell and $163,636 in funds towards closing five reserve cells; $417,000 in level funding for the school division (not including any funds for the master plan); and sheriffs office vehicle replacements ($297,000).

These are preliminary requests from department heads, Orange County Finance Director Glenda Bradley said.

Bradley said funding all $3.6 million in general fund requests for the upcoming fiscal year isnt likely.

District 2 Supervisor Jim White asked if the list could be boiled down to a list of items that could be kicked down the road if necessary.

County administrator Julie Summs said the requests represent a needs list. She said the process of narrowing down the list to determine immediate needs has started.

For example, our system wont exist if we dont do some of the information technology things, she said, addressing the need for replacement of the countys server.

She said some items, including the police car and ambulance replacements, fall into the world of hurt list along with setting aside funds for the 2016 reassessment. She said the $3.6 million in requests could be cut in half if the E-911 relocation is placed into a different fiscal year.

At some point we cant push [these things] off, she said. [Well] fall apart if we do.

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