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Commissioner Brown - Public Works - To Approve the Reallocation of Budgeted Capital Funds to Operating Funds to Pay for Required Maintenance and Emergency Repairs ($580,000)
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STAFF CONTACT
Daniel K. Ziehm, PE - Public Works Director - 704-862-6795
BUDGET IMPACT
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General Government Capital Fund: Decrease expenditures and increase Transfers out to CIF by $580,000.
Community Investment Fund: Increase Transfers in from General Government Capital Fund and increase Transfers out to General Fund by $580,000.
General Fund: Increase Transfers in from CIF and increase expenditures by $580,000.
No additional County funds.
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BACKGROUND
Throughout FY26, Public Works has encountered several unplanned operating projects and emergency repair projects. These projects and emergency repairs include:
• Jail - Stripping and waxing all VCT throughout the facility. $15,000
• Jail - New carpet, vinyl flooring, and millwork throughout the control pods as well as updating and renovating the central booking area. $145,000
• Citizens Resource Center - Renovate and condense the existing Cooperative Extension area, move Parks & Recreation to the space formerly occupied by Cooperative Extension, and move Tourism to the area formerly occupied by Parks and Recreation. $90,000
• Gaston County Museum - Reconstruct and repair the deck and handicapped ramp. $30,000
• Cathy M. Cloninger Domestic Violence Shelter - Replace flooring throughout the center that has been damaged by prior sanitary sewer backups into the facility. $20,000
• DHHS Public Health - Replenish funds to the Public Works Operating Fund that were expended to cover the emergency of a rental chiller for the Health Department. $200,000
• 803 N. Oakland Street, Warehouse - Repair and patch the existing roof of the warehouse to stop water infiltration. $80,000
POLICY IMPACT
N/A
ATTACHMENTS
Budget Change Request (BCR)