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Facilities division outlines staffing and repairs, and previews plan to use Textile building as City Hall annex
Summary
Facilities leaders requested additional custodial and maintenance staff, a building improvement team and a new maintenance facility; staff said the recently acquired Textile building (proposed City Hall annex) needs roof and interior work and will temporarily host several city teams during renovations.
Facilities and construction services managers told the council they need more custodial and maintenance positions, building-improvement crews and a replacement forklift, and they previewed plans for the city’s recently acquired Textile building.
Tony, the new facilities division director, described a 50‑building portfolio totaling roughly 600,000 square feet that the current crew of building-maintenance technicians must maintain. He said that team is reactive and understaffed, and requested four additional building maintenance technicians to allow preventive work and to execute items from last year’s building-condition assessments.
Custodial changes: Staff proposed creating a specialized three‑person night cleaning crew to handle carpet and floor polishing and preserve assets, funded by converting an existing four‑person crew into a three‑person crew and adding two net custodians and a vehicle.
Planned Textile building use: Construction services staff described plans to use the former Textile building as a City Hall annex that would temporarily house People Operations, Construction Services, Strategy & Innovation and Transform Temple while their permanent spaces are renovated. Staff said the building will need roof and interior repairs, and that they plan to bring forward a roofing contract for council consideration on the April 3 agenda.
Why it matters: Facilities leaders said the city’s building portfolio and new property acquisitions require a deeper maintenance bench to preserve assets and avoid larger capital costs later. The division requested modest new positions to centralize maintenance work and absorb workload from other departments that currently maintain their own facilities.
Council asked about the acquisition terms for the Textile building and whether the foundation that previously held the property retains any obligations; staff said they would examine acquisition details and report back. No formal council action was taken during the retreat.
