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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 20, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. (~ ~G <br />SUBJECT: Proposed County Facilities Improvements <br />DEPARTMENT: Public Works <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1~ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Report (previously distributed under separate <br />cover) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a report on proposed improvements to various County facilities and to <br />approve a list of improvements to be completed with funds appropriated in the 1998-99 budget. <br />BACKGROUND: The Public Works staff have prepared a report on "Proposed Facilities <br />Improvements" as a companion piece to their February 1998 "Buildings and Facilities Inventory" <br />This report is intended to serve several purposes: <br />• To explain the County's building maintenance management program, including categories of <br />maintenance and a description of the internal work order process <br />• To provide a thorough, current assessment of recommended building improvements that are <br />smaller in scope than CIP projects, but more extensive and/or expensive than can be addressed <br />through normal maintenance and repair funds included in the operating budget of the Buildings <br />and Grounds Division <br />• To make recommendations regazding priorities for the $100,000 allocation in the approved <br />1998-99 County budget to begin addressing this level of facility improvements <br />During the past several months, Public Works staff have conducted a thorough review of County <br />buildings to identify all important maintenance and repair measures that should be taken to preserve <br />the County's investment in its facilities and to enhance safety and aesthetics, particulazly in <br />buildings used extensively by the public. A wide majority of identified improvements will be <br />handled through normal work order processes during the current fiscal yeaz. Some were repaired <br />virtually on the spot -work on others is already underway. This report identifies projects that go <br />beyond simple work orders and will require more involved planning, management, and oversight. <br />Staff expects that many of these will also be accomplished in-house, using county staff and funds <br />