FY 24 APPROVED CAPITAL BUDGET BOOK

CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT IMPACT THE OPERATING BUDGET

Total Project Cost Including Outyears Operating Budget Impact

FY 24 Budget Appropriation

Project Title/Description

PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS (cont.):

North Harford Station

$0

$4,700,000 Approximately $600,000 annually for

This project provided funding to construct the EMS station in northern Harford County. This station will be staffed by county career personnel and primarily serve the rural communities

personnel; approximately $12,000 annually

for utilities. Upkeep and equipment

maintenance approximately $10,000 annually.

in northern Harford County.

$0

$13,000,000 Approximately $600,000 annually for

Riverside Fire and EMS Station

This project will construct a fire and EMS station that will house

personnel; approximately $15,000 annually for utilities. Upkeep and equipment maintenance approximately $10,000 annually.

both volunteer and career based personnel.

PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS: Athletic Field Improvements

$3,000,000 $41,550,000 Weekly maintenance, including field

Construction of synthetic turf stadium field at Bel Air High School; and design of a synthetic turf field for Field 13 at Cedar

grooming. Weekly maintenance averages $1,338. One Department employee is

Lane Park.

primarily responsible for this work.

$2,075,000 $25,946,000 The Department currently pays

Parkland Acquisition

This project is for acquisition of property to add to the County park inventory. The amount of acreage the Department is able to purchase is affected by the location and price of each parcel. Since the beginning of 2006, the Department has added over 450 acres to its inventory. While not all of these sites required regular mowing at the time of their acquisition, most of the acreage will be developed into future park sites if they have not already been developed and require more intensive maintenance.

approximately $28.15/acre to mow at park sites. Assuming each site is mowed

29 times per mowing season and

assuming only half of the added acreage (currently 225 acres) will be mowed, the cost to maintain this additional acreage

is $183,637 per mowing season.

Trails and Linear Parks

$2,000,000 $29,850,000 Weekly maintenance, including trail

Design and construction of the connecting section of the Ma and Pa trail from Williams Street trailhead to Blake's Venture

maintenance and trash collection. Weekly maintenance averages $1,300.

Park.

HIGHWAYS PROJECTS:

Streetlights

$100,000

$650,000 The replacement of lighting fixtures to

This project provides for the upgrade of County owned

LED will result in monthly energy savings.

streetlights.

Efficiency Capital Investment Projects

$25,000

$430,000 Efficiency projects have a potential

This project will implement projects that will increase efficiency in county ops by reducing costs and improving the County's

cost savings on the operating budget by reducing expenditures such as energy costs, operational expenses, etc.

environmental footprint.

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