Staff is requesting that transfers and appropriations be approved as follows:

General Capital Projects

Adjustments to general capital projects are requested as follows:

• A transfer of completed project balances totaling $26,264 to the Capital Projects Fund balance is necessary to close these projects:

  • $17,726 from the FY 2017 Replacement Computers & Servers project;

  • $145 from the FY 2017 Animal Control Replacement Vehicles project;

  • $6,942 from the FY 2017 Fire/Rescue Replacement Vehicles project;

  • $429 from the FY 2018 Parks & Rec Replacement Vehicles project;

  • $268 from the FY 2018 County Admin Replacement Vehicle project; and

  • $754 from the FY 2017 Refuse Disposal Equipment Replacement project.

• A transfer of $4,240 from the FY 2017 Fire/Rescue Replacement Vehicles project to the FY 2018 Fire/Rescue Replacement Vehicles project to cover a shortfall on the FY 2018 project. 

• A transfer of $61,251 from the Patriot Park Field Lighting project to the Capital Projects Fund balance is necessary to close the project.  Additionally, staff requests a corresponding shift of the $61,251 from the Capital Projects Fund balance to the Marshall Park Replacement Lighting project to cover anticipated additional costs on that project.

Utilities Capital Projects

Adjustments to Utilities capital projects are requested as follows:

• A transfer of $21,000 from the Fawn Lake Pump Station 53 project to the Utilities Capital Projects Fund balance is necessary to close the project.

   

• A transfer of $66,683 from the Utilities Lab/Office Expansion project to the Lick Run Sewerline Extension project to fund the final change order on the latter project.

• A transfer of $90,000 from the Ni River Water Treatment Plant project to the Motts Run Plant Expansion project to fund the undergrounding of electric utilities from the Rt. 3 substation to the Motts facility.  Due to age and tree cover, the overhead line has caused three multi-day power outages and Dominion has recommended the utilities be underground.

Additionally, Utilities staff has identified the need for two new projects, the funding for which is to be transferred from existing projects as noted below:

• $1.5 million is requested for transfer from the existing Thornburg Distribution Improvements project to a new Replace Mall Sewer Line project.  The sanitary sewer along Towne Center Blvd by the mall is in critical condition and should be replaced immediately to avoid complete failure or collapse of the line and the roadway above.  Due to the depth, material, and condition of the existing sewer line, the likelihood of complete structural failure or collapse is increased.  In the event of a sewer line failure, a substantial number of residences and businesses along Rt. 3 would be affected as this line is a main sewer interceptor for the region. 

   

• A total of $111,000 is transferred from various sources to fund a new Pump Station 52 Rehab project which will fund the design and installation of an emergency backup pump to be installed at Pump Station 52.  The pump station overflowed and caused multiple backups in Fawn Lake in February 2018.  Rehab is imperative.  Funding is requested for transfer to this new project from these sources:

  • $50,000 from the Pump Station 36 Rehab project;

  • $40,000 from the Piedmont Drive – Pump Station 16 & 43 Abandonment project; and

  • $21,000 from the Utilities Capital Projects Fund balance.