At the April 12 Board meeting, the CIP was presented for adoption, but the motion failed. Since that date, additional information impacting the projects in the CIP has been received and is now being presented to the Board along with an updated CIP for adoption. Because several updates impact the FY 2019 budget associated with certain projects, a budget amendment is recommended for the Board's approval at this time, as well.
Updates to the CIP are highlighted blue in Attachment A. Additionally, they are summarized below:
General Government
- Consistent with the FY 2019 Adopted Budget, the CIP line item for Replacement Vehicles is updated to remove the $28,000 originally planned for replacement of a County Administration vehicle in FY 2019. Because this vehicle ended up having to be replaced in FY 2018, there is no need for it to be funded in FY 2019. This funding was removed from the FY 2019 Budget ahead of the budget's adoption, therefore no budget adjustment is required.
- Consistent with the FY 2019 Adopted Budget, the CIP line item for Replacement Vehicles is updated to added the $105,000 associated with the SROs that were added to the budget ahead of its adoption. Though this funding was included in the adopted General Fund budget, it should have been included in the Capital Projects Fund budget. A budget adjustment is attached to allocate $105,000 of the Capital Projects Fund balance to pay for the SRO vehicles. A separate budget adjustment will be presented to the Board in the future to address and reallocate the $105,000 currently budgeted in the General Fund for these vehicles.
- A line item is added to the CIP to reflect the $34,679 in grant funding to be received for the capital portion of the Text to 911 project. This funding was already budgeted through the originally adopted FY 2019 Budget and so no budget adjustment is necessary for this item.
Transportation
- VDOT has informed staff that the County will not receive the Revenue Sharing funding we applied for towards the roundabout at Old Plank Road and Andora Drive. Absent a source of matching funding for this project, staff is suggesting that we shift the project out two years and apply for the next round of Revenue Sharing funds. Since this action reduces debt service in FY 2019, the attached budget adjustment reflects a decrease in Transportation Fund debt service.
- Originally, the Lansdowne intersection improvements were anticipated to be a jointly funded project with the City of Fredericksburg. The City did not apply for Revenue Sharing for this project, and as such, will have no funding available in FY 2019. After discussions with the Transportation Committee, staff is exploring the possibility of applying for Lansdowne intersection improvements as a regional project to be submitted by FAMPO for SmartScale funding. Pending this SmartScale application, and with the understanding that adequate funding will not exist in FY 2019 for this project to happen, Mr. Skinner has agreed to remove the $1.0 million for the right turn lane at Lansdowne onto Rt. 2 from the CIP.
- A proffer exists for a developer to make certain improvements to the intersection at Old Plank and Chancellor roads. VDOT has reviewed the improvements and determined that a roundabout would be a better solution than the originally proffered turn lanes. After discussions with the developer, VDOT, and the Transportation Committee, Mr. McLaughlin requests that $1.0 million be added to the CIP in FY 2019 to allow for the expansion of the developer's proffered improvements to result in a roundabout at this intersection.
Schools
The Superintendent's Recommended CIP was presented to the School Board in November 2017. It was that version of the Schools' CIP that was included in the County Administrator's Recommended Budget on February 13. However, the Schools issued a revised CIP on February 12, and then a final CIP on April 16. The attached version of the County's CIP includes the version of the Schools' CIP adopted by the School Board on April 16.
Though the overall total cost of the Schools' five-year capital plan changed very little from their initial recommendation to the version adopted by the School Board in April, the Courtland High School renovation project budget did increase with funding being reallocated from the out-years. A comparison of the Schools' CIP iterations is attached as Attachment B. |