Garland city staff provided a preview of the 2021 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to Mayor Scott LeMay and City Council members at the Jan. 11 work session.
The CIP is a 5-year financial plan for capital assets. The funds must be used for capital projects and equipment purchases that exceed $25,000 in value and have an expected life of at least five years.
The goal of the program is to “enhance the economic vitality and quality of life for the Garland community.”
This year’s CIP totals $427.1 million and breaks down as follows:
Tax supported projects $171,319,000
Internal service projects $1,000,000
Utility supported projects $254,800,000
The 2021 CIP total reflects an increase of $85.1 million over the 2020 Capital Improvement Program amount.
Items on the tax supported list include:
| Street/transportation | $49,416,000 |
| Parks | $39,603,000 |
| Public safety | $27,020,000 |
| Facilities & equipment | $24,524,000 |
| Drainage | $13,607,000 |
| Economic development | $10,093,000 |
| Landfill/transfer station | $4,737,000 |
| Library system | $2,319,000 |
| Total | $171,319,000 |
Items on the utility supported and internal service program areas:
| Electric utilities | $140,573,000 |
| Wastewater utilities | $65,719,000 |
| Water utilities | $44,926,000 |
| Environmental Waste Services | $3,564,000 |
| Information technology | $973,000 |
| Total | $255,755,000 |
Capital Improvement Program presentations/deliberations:
Jan. 12 – 7 p.m. – City Council meeting
Jan. 19 – 6 p.m. – Special work session
Jan. 26 – 6 p.m. – Revenue supported presentations
Feb. 1 – 6 p.m. – Work session
Feb. 2 – 7 p.m. – Public hearing
Feb. 15 – 6 p.m. – Work session
Feb. 16 – 7 p.m. – Public hearing, CIP adoption
The city of Garland website explains the CIP as follows:
The Capital Improvement Program is a list of planned capital projects that include the construction of infrastructure improvements such as roadways, water and wastewater mains, and drainage.
In adopting the CIP, the City Council appropriates funding for the estimated expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year, while approving in concept the plan for future years. The city prepares a CIP each year that is in addition to the Annual Operating Budget. The CIP Budget differs from the Operating Budget in that a project’s appropriated funding does not expire at the end of each fiscal year but rather carries over from year to year until the project is completed.