PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES: FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION

 

Additional information about the Facilities Management Division may be obtained by calling Larry Dempsey, Division Manager, at (919) 469-4361, through e-mail at larry.dempsey@townofcary.org, or by visiting the Town’s website at www.townofcary.org.

 

TOWN OF CARY GOALS AND INITIATIVES

Town Focus Areas

Focus Area I:

Community Planning

Focus Area II:  Infrastructure

Focus Area III:  Financial Condition

Focus Area IV:  Municipal Services

Town Goals

Achieve a well-planned community using innovative and proactive planning approaches and techniques.

Ensure that roads, water and wastewater facilities, parks, and other infrastructure exists for the existing citizens and for the future needs identified in the comprehensive plan.

Achieve a stable and strong financial position by accurately estimating, prudently allocating, and managing financial resources.

Achieve a high level of service to the citizens in a prompt, reliable, responsive, and cost-effective manner.

Town Initiatives

(pages 2 and 3 of this document contain full descriptions of each Town Initiative)

Growth Management

  Long Range Water Resources

Housing Program

Comprehensive Planning

Land Use Plan

Environmental Concerns

Infrastructure and Level of Service Standards

Fiscal Plan

Water, Wastewater, Transportation Infrastructure

Broad Band Technology Services

Long Term Financial Plan

Performance Measurement

Short Term Financial Planning

Review Operations

Cost Consciousness and Sustained Service Provision

Public Involvement

Departmental Goals and Initiatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-11

1-12

5, 11

 

DEPARTMENTAL GOALS AND INITIATIVES

Roadside and Median Maintenance

1.   Provide for annual removal and disposal of leaves and Christmas trees from Town streets through a recycling or reuse program.

2.   Coordinate scheduled street cleaning of all Town residential streets (4 times annually) and main thoroughfares (monthly). 

3.   Oversee and implement code enforcement measures to address safety issues regarding intersection sight distances, or public sidewalk obstructions along with complaints of hazardous trees or tall grass. 

4.   Perform and/or coordinate all activities related to landscape maintenance along the Town’s main thoroughfares from roadside mowing to median beautification programs.

Parks and Recreation Support

5.   Perform routine and citizen requested upkeep and care at the Town’s Hillcrest Cemetery.

6.   Coordinate all maintenance and repairs for greenways and park trails.

7.   Perform and coordinate all maintenance activities for parks and related facilities including ballfields, playgrounds, developed acres, park landscapes, and park structures.

8.   Provide all logistical support for activities, programs, and special events sponsored by the Town.

Town Facility Maintenance

9.   Provide all maintenance to landscapes and site amenities at public buildings.

10.  Perform and coordinate maintenance or renovations to all Town buildings.

11.  Review all plans for public facilities.

12. Coordinate removal of graffiti from all Town facilities.

 

 

FY 2008 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

·         Assumed full facility maintenance responsibilities for USA Baseball Complex.

·         Assumed responsibility for roadside and median maintenance on newly improved roadways: i.e., additional mileage on Davis Drive, Highway 55, Chapel Hill Rd, West Lake Rd, and Louis Stephens Rd.

·         Facility prep and event support provided for major events at Soccer Park, 2007 NCAA Men’s Soccer Final Four, 2007 ACC Men’s Soccer Tournaments, and Carolina Railhawks second season.  

·         Facility prep and support completed for major events at Cary Tennis Park: USTA Teen National Campus Championship and NSTA Regionals.  

·         Facility prep and support for Regency Amphitheatre.

·         Special event support for Lazy Daze and Spring Daze.

·         Facility prep and event support for Pony National Softball Tournament.

·         Assumed maintenance responsibilities for additions to Southbridge, Bachelor Branch, and White Oak Greenways.

·         Completion of median landscaping along Davis Drive west and Hwy 55.

·         Facility prep and support for 2007 NC Senior Games.

 

KEY PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

·         Ensure that 100% of thoroughfare street sweepings are completed (4 sweeps annually residential streets – 12 sweeps annually for thoroughfare streets).

·         Ensure that 100% of roadside mowing and litter collection cycles are completed on schedule (2 service levels – Cary Parkway service level – 5 working day cycle; and Maynard Road service Level – 7 working day cycle).

·         Perform code enforcement investigations within 48 hours and close all complaints within 14 days of complaint received.

·         Perform loose leaf collections within 3 business days from Customer Service notification.

·         Maintain PRCR facilities to a 95% Overall Satisfaction Rating as surveyed among program participants.

·         Obtain a 90% compliance rate of facility quality standards inspections for public facilities.

KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES


Performance Measure

Actual
FY 2007

Estimated
FY 2008

Projected
FY 2009

Ensure that 100% of thoroughfare street sweepings  are completed (4 sweeps annually residential streets – 12 sweeps annually for thoroughfare streets)

 

100%

80%

100%

Ensure that 100% of roadside mowing and litter collection cycles are completed on schedule (2 service levels – Cary Parkway svc. level – 5 working day cycle; and Maynard Road svc. Level – 7 working day cycle).

 

100%

100%

100%

% Initial code enforcement inspections performed on time (48 hrs from complaint received)

92%

90%

95%

Percentage of commitments met for loose leaf call-in program

99.8%

87%

100%

PRCR Facility Overall Satisfaction Rating (from PRCR participant survey results)

95%

95%

95%

Compliance rating % of facility preventive maintenance inspections for all maintained facilities.

77%

75%

90%

 

 

 

 

KEY WORKLOAD INDICATORS


Workload Indicator

Actual
FY 2007

Estimated
FY 2008

Projected
FY 2009

Miles of thoroughfares maintained

59

81

92

Number of athletic fields maintained

44

50

51

Number of special events supported

800

1,091

1,100

Special Event support (manhours)

14,318

16,600

17,000

Developed facility acreage

487.4

526.35

526.35

Greenway/park trail maintained (miles)

41.28

47.28

47.28

Leaf collection (tons)

4,587

4,300

4,600

Conditioned space maintained (Sq. ft.)

466,104

479,502

479,502

Service contracts negotiated (dollars)

1,947,500

2,426,776

2,150,140

Roadside maintenance (square feet)

7,734,384

8,746,311

8,746,311

 

ACTIVITY HISTORY

Fund Number:  10-7015

 

Activity

 

Actual

FY 2005

Actual

FY 2006

Actual

FY 2007

Estimated

FY 2008

Budget

FY 2009

Personnel Services

$3,953,855

$4,223,621

$4,880,751

$5,625,198

$5,775,573

Operations and Maintenance

$4,311,808

$4,767,169

$4,986,875

$6,895,841

$7,796,156

Reimb. From Amphitheatre*

-$125,398

-209,490

-241,499

-221,862

0

Reimb. From Tennis Center

-$110,274

-193,895

-186,303

-260,758

-195,505

Reimb. From Skate Park

-$1,669

-8,477

-11,986

-15,050

-12,051

Reimb. From Soccer Park

-$209,424

-496,829

-497,774

-808,279

-720,592

Reimb. From USA Baseball

0

0

-113,273

-705,713

-521,620

Reimb. From South Plant

0

0

0

0

-97,599

Capital Outlay

$245,455

$393,504

$446,262

$997,065

$210,900

Total

$8,064,353

$8,475,603

$9,263,053

$11,506,442

$12,235,262

Authorized FTEs

91

96

106

106

107.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fund Number:  051-7015

 

 

 

 

 

 

$8,064,353

$8,475,603

$9,263,053

$11,506,442

$12,235,262

Trees for Cary

$0

$809

$1,470

$2,039

$1,000

Grand Total

$8,064,353

$8,476,412

$9,264,523

$11,508,481

$12,236,262


*The budget and related Koka Booth Amphitheater reimbursement for FY 2009 will be formulated and approved by Town Council in the fall of 2008 to coincide with the performance and event cycle which runs from November 1, 2008 through October 31, 2009.

 

SIGNIFICANT BUDGET AND SERVICE LEVEL CHANGES BEYOND CURRENT LEVELS

·         Facilities Management will begin maintenance of Town owned Best Management Practices in accordance with NPDES requirements.

·         Increases in the amount of graffiti on Town property require an emphasis on rapid removal. This task will be performed utilizing contract services.

·         Sweeping of main thoroughfares is being shifted to contract services.

·         Add contract administrator to more effectively manage contract services.

·         Add facilities maintenance worker II position to the existing staff at the soccer park due to the additional activities that have been programmed/planned for the Soccer Complex in FY 2009