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Alicia, a city finance staff member who presented the CIP overview, said the city’s Charter requires the resolution advancing the CIP to go to council by Aug. 15. “We are required by Charter to get this resolution to Council by August 15 of each year,” Alicia said. She told the committee the Aug. meeting timing will allow the city to complete the budget before the end of the calendar year and for council adoption by Oct. 15.

The presentation highlighted funding priorities used to evaluate projects: resident and employee safety; availability of outside funding such as grants; operational necessity and the increased cost of deferral. Alicia noted the parks program will now have a separate parks capital fund and said staff will recommend an initial transfer of $1,000,000 from the old parks levy fund to seed that account.

City staff cautioned about equipment and fleet pressures. The initial equipment requests for 2026 totaled roughly $3,400,000, driven in part by long lead times for specialized vehicles—“lead times, especially for things like fire trucks, are 48 months,” Alicia said—creating negative unencumbered balances as purchase orders are placed early to secure delivery slots.

Staff also briefed the committee on specific grant‑match risks: East Central Street has $2,300,000 in MORPC (MORPC spelled out in department materials) funding secured but still faces a funding gap of over $4,000,000 for the full project scope. Committee members raised concerns that the city may be unable to meet local match requirements for some state or regional grants without additional local funding.

To address several mid‑sized capital needs and deferred maintenance items—roofs at City Hall and the Justice Center, pier and trail work, and cemetery grading—staff proposed a note issuance of about $2,000,000 to provide short‑term cash for prioritized projects while the city pursues longer‑term financing for other items.

The committee approved the motion summary from the Aug. 5 finance committee meeting at the start of the Aug. 13 session; the minutes record the motion, a second and an “aye” vote to approve. The meeting closed after scheduled department presentations; no formal vote on the CIP itself was recorded at the Aug. 13 meeting.

What’s next: the committee will hear the police and public utilities portions of the CIP on Aug. 19 and public works and engineering the following week as staff refines project timelines and funding options.

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Miller said grading the western area of Oak Grove Cemetery will open up about 7,000 burial spaces and help the cemetery meet long‑term demand; staff would initially grade the field and add roads and interments in phases. “This will open up, I think approximately about 7,000 burial spaces,” Miller said.

Parks staff also described a planned $1,000,000 initial transfer into a newly created parks capital fund (seeded from the old parks levy fund) to support park projects and called out Mill Run Park for a needed parking lot repave and possible prefab restroom to serve increased use. Unity Community Center upgrades and a planned splash pad were also discussed; staff mentioned coming to council with an amendment to the city’s agreement with the Unity Community Center to support additional programming and building upgrades.

Other items on the parks list included Hidden Valley Golf Course cart replacement (staff said carts pay for themselves over time), playground and court improvements spaced over multiple years to avoid concentrated spending, larger mowers to address seasonal staffing shortages and a proposed trail strategy to improve access to regional parks such as Camp Lazarus and facilities in the Olentangy Corridor.

Staff also discussed Curve Road as a co‑located site for the training tower and city facilities program, and the continuing planning work for a South Community Park tied to Glen Parkway expansion.

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Chief Pyle said the department is ready to build a two‑building training tower—one structure for live‑fire training and an adjacent building for routine drills—to reduce exposure to carcinogenic soot on routine training gear. The training tower budget shown to the committee is $2,000,000, up from an earlier estimate of $1,500,000.

On life‑cycle replacement, Chief Pyle noted SCBA units are on a roughly 10‑year replacement schedule and that many of the city’s packs have reached end of life. “The lifespan is 10 years. It is not a law. ... however, a lot of those standards are referenced in law. And if we do not meet the standard, we're opening ourselves up to liability,” Chief Pyle said, explaining liability and NFPA consensus standards as drivers for replacement.

The department also proposed adding one paramedic apparatus (medic) so the city can maintain four medics in service daily even when a unit is in the shop. Chief Pyle said two medics are already on order for delivery in 2026 and the department is seeking a fifth to ensure continuous four‑unit availability. Staff said lead times for new medics currently run roughly 12–24 months depending on manufacturer and production backlogs.

Other items in the fire CIP included Station 305 IT and AV equipment, replacement of aging hazmat trailer equipment (current trailer dated to 1993), replacement mowers scheduled on a 10‑year cycle, AED purchases for station coverage and a proposed $15,000 community AED grant for nonprofits and places of assembly.

Committee members asked about revenue options, including cost‑recovery through capacity fees or shared maintenance costs with mutual‑aid partners; Chief Pyle and Alicia said staff will continue to evaluate funding approaches but emphasized safety and NFPA compliance as primary considerations.

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Fire chief outlines $2 million training tower, SCBA replacement and an extra medic unit in 2026 CIP