FY 2025 Proposed Budget – Capital Projects Department
Category FY 2022
Actuals
FY 2023
Actuals
FY 2024
Amended
FY 2025
Proposed
Personnel $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,947,800 $ 6,283,300
Non-Personnel 0 0 48,185,000 41,230,900
Interdepartmental 0 0 3,046,400 3,121,900
Total $ 0 $ 0 $ 55,179,200 $ 50,636,100
Capital Projects Department
FY 2025 Total Budget
Notes
1. Capital Projects Department established on July 31, 2023
2. Non-Personnel budget includes Capital Funding through Special Revenue Sources (IIGC Grant)
3. All General Fund appropriations eliminated from operating budget
4. General Fund Appropriations noted in Budget Book sourced from Capital Indirect Cost Recovery Fund 2 Category FY 2023
Adopted
FY 2024
Adopted
FY 2024
Amended
FY 2025
Changes
FY 2025
Proposed
Administration Division 0.00 0.00 29.00 (3.00) 26.00
Design Service Division 0.00 0.00 21.00 0.00 21.00
Transportation Project
Management Division 0.00 0.00 21.00 0.00 21.00
Construction Management
Division 0.00 0.00 38.00 3.00 41.00
Utilities & On-Site Project
Management Division 0.00 0.00 30.00 0.00 30.00
Total 0.00 0.00 139.00 0.00 139.00
Capital Projects Department
FY 2025 Budgeted Positions
Notes
1. 3 ISD positions @ 1.00 FTE officially transferring to ISD a. (2) Business Process & Systems Analyst and (1) Geographic Info Systems Specialist
2. (4) Construction Management Division positions @ 0.75 FTE added a. (2) Engineering Inspector IIs, (1) Survey Party Chief, and (1) Survey Party Technician b. All added positions are capital funded positions
3 Description FY 2025
Proposed
Leases $ 1,203,065
Equipment $ 101,500
Vehicle Upfitting $ 83,400
Technology $ 70,000
Training $ 55,000
Capital Projects Department
FY 2025 Budget - Operational Impacts
Notes
1. Leases budget includes: Space Rental Lease, (1) new Survey Vehicle, (2) new Engineering Inspector Vehicles, (4) replacement vehicles for Construction Management Division
2. Equipment budget includes: Necessary items for new survey crew:
Trimble Receiver, Trimble robotic total station, data collectors, level, tripods, tribrach, prism, linker rod, fiberglass rod, magnetic locator, survey crew signs, safety cones, bipod for rods, miscellaneous consumables
3. Vehicle Upfitting budget includes: (1) new Survey Vehicle upfitting pack, (2) new Engineering Inspector Vehicles upfitted with strobes and beacon lights, (4) replacement Construction Management Division vehicles upfitted with strobes and beacon lights
4. Technology budget includes: New Construction Management Software to assist field staff with capabilities to access and maintain project management data in the field, utilizing tablets purchased through FY24 council motion
5. Training budget includes: Project management training and other technical trainings required for influx of new staff onboarded in FY24, continuous training for existing staff
4 Grant Type FY 2025
Proposed
State:
Downtown Fresno
Infrastructure Grant
$ 1,641,200
Infill Infrastructure
Grant (IIGC)
$40,631,700
Capital Projects Department
FY 2025 Budget – State Grants
Notes
State Grants include:
1. $1,641,200 for Downtown Fresno Public Infrastructure Grant – appropriated in FY25 for CPD operating budget.
(Remaining $26,419,000 in roll over funds will be
appropriated as projects are identified)*
2. $40,631,700 for Infill Infrastructure Grant – Catalytic Qualifying Infill Area (IIGC), appropriated to four Capital Improvement Projects (Water, Sewer, Tuolumne-Van Ness
Street Work, and Structured Parking)
* CPD will manage staffing to appropriate levels in light of the state’s deferral of the remaining $200 million Downtown Fresno Public Infrastructure Grant funding, currently
estimated FY 2026
5 Capital Projects Department
Formation Update
Mission: Building a Better Fresno by consistently delivering the capital infrastructure needs of the community on time, on budget, and within scope.
1. City Council approved the creation of the Capital Projects Department on July 20, 2023:
a. Transferred 74 positions from Public Works, 20 positions from Public Utilities and created 46 new positions b. On July 31, 2023, 73 out of 140 positions were filled c. Today 108 out of 140 positions are filled:
i. 15 of 32 remaining vacancies are Licensed Professional ii. Engineers (LPEs), which have still been slow to recruit iii. Only 3 out of 35 new hires are LPEs
iv. 28 of the 32 remaining vacancies are capital funded positions (i.e. Federal grant, sewer/water enterprise, Measure P, etc.)
2. Moved in to 747 R Street on January 22, 2024, to accommodate growing staff 6 77%
11%
12%
140 Positions
Filled
Vacant LPEs
Remaining
Vacancies
Capital Projects Department
Project Workload and Projects Moving into Construction
7 Capital Projects Department
Projects Moving into Construction
8 44 Construction Contracts awarded by Fresno City Council since creation of department (10 months) $
QUESTIONS
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