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• <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. I - e <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 4, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Value Engineering; Possibilities for County- funded projects <br />DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND Public Hearing: No <br />CENTRAL SERVICES Budget Amendment Reqd? No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Value Engineering Report <br />(School /County work session) <br />2. Excerpt from "County Government in <br />North Carolina" Third Edition regarding <br />Capital funding for schools. <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />County Manager's office <br />ext. 2300 <br />Pam Jones, extension 2652 <br />Telephone Number - <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />967 -9251 <br />Mebane <br />227 -2031 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />Purpose: To investigate ways to ensure that construction and major renovation <br />projects funded by the County are properly designed to meet both County and School <br />needs within available resources. <br />Background: The Board has heretofore expressed concern about the cost of some <br />County and School projects funded by the County. In the wake of student population <br />projections, it will become increasingly fiscally problematic to continue to fund schools <br />using the same procedures as those used in the past. In an effort to ensure that public <br />money is spent to the most advantageous end, the County Manager has explored the <br />possibility of using value engineering as a core process of any County or School project <br />funded by the County. <br />A report outlining the value- engineering concept in some detail was shared with the <br />Commissioners and both School Boards during a work session on March 31, 1999. A <br />copy of that report is attached for your information. (Attachment 1) <br />Based on discussion at the work session, it would appear that the value- engineering <br />concept has merit with County funded projects. For the purposes of this abstract, <br />County staff has assumed that the value engineering concept will be pursued on all <br />County or School projects involving new construction or major renovation projects, <br />heretofore defined as those with a project cost exceeding $100,000, unless that <br />threshold is waived by the Board. For your information, $100,000 is the threshold at <br />which advertised, sealed bids are required for construction and /or renovation work. <br />In order for value engineering to be a credible part of any project, a certain number of <br />issues require advance decisions: <br />