The 2022 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) was presented to Mayor Scott LeMay and the Garland City Council at a recent meeting. Assistant City Manager Judson Rex, Finance Director Matt Watson and Budget Director Allison Bell presented the plan. According to Rex, this year’s CIP is the largest in the city of Garland’s history. Rex also said that the process had been difficult because of the impact of the pandemic.
Criteria for the CIP, a five-year financial plan for capital assets:
- Must be a capital asset
- Must have a useful life of at least five years
- Must be more than $25,000
Three units of the CIP:
- Tax Supported
- Utilities
- internal Services
Goals of the CIP:
- To continue implementation of 2019 bond program
- Ensure completion of the American Rescue Plan Act while complying with federal guidelines
- Consider opportunities to fund additional projects
The CIP totals $520.7 million which is an increase of $89.3 million (20.7%) over last year.
- Tax supported projects = $227.3 million
- Internal services projects = $3.3 million
- Utility supported projects = $290.1 million
New projects make up $19.2 million of the total. Carry-over (existing funds) make up $245.8 million. Continuations make up $255.7 million.
Tax supported program areas:
- Parks $67,699,000
- Street/Transportation $55,120,000
- Economic Development $29,549,000
- Public Safety $25,931,000
- Facilities/Equipment $15,777,000
- Drainage $14,648,000
- Landfill/Transfer Station $13,467,000
- Libraries $5,110,000
Total $227,301,000
Utilities and Internal Services program areas:
- Electric utility $149,192,000
- Wastewater utility $77,621,000
- Water utility $57,423,000
- Sanitation $5,315,000
- Information technology $5,272,000
- Stormwater Management $562,000
Total $293,385,000
Impact to residential customers for these programs:
- No impact on electric, water or stormwater management residential rates
- 87 cents per month (2.0%) increase for wastewater residential rate
- $1 per month (4.5%) for residential trash collection
The CIP calendar includes discussions at work sessions, public hearings. Staff presentations to the council were done Jan. 22.
- 1/31 – 6 p.m. – regular City Council work session
- 2/1 – 7 p.m. – public hearing at regular meeting of City Council
- 2/8 – 6 p.m. – special City Council work session
- 2/14 – 6 p.m. – regular City Council work session
- 2/15 – 7 p.m. – regular meeting of City Council – for last public hearing and adoption of plan