Palm Coast council reviews five-year capital plan, maintenance-operations and fleet projects

City staff presented a proposed five-year capital improvement plan (CIP) and the fleet management internal service fund for fiscal years through 2030, highlighting an emphasis on a new Maintenance Operations Complex (MOC), fleet facility and energy-efficiency work.

The discussion at the Aug. 12 Palm Coast City Council workshop focused on how the city will phase large projects to match available revenues and grants, and how interfund transfers and fund balance appropriations would be used to finish multi-year work.

The plan shows the city will rely on a mix of small-county discretionary sales surtax allocations, grants, interfund transfers, utility and stormwater contributions and set-aside fund balance to advance projects. "We get a portion of that that is split between all the municipalities within the county. It's committed for construction and improvement in public facilities," said Carl Cody, director of stormwater engineering, describing the county sales surtax revenue that staff projects at about $5 million a year entering the CIP.

Why it matters: the CIP funds long-lived public assets (parks, fire stations, stormwater, city hall improvements and transportation). The council emphasized limiting routine project…