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Commission directs administration to develop plan to centralize grounds maintenance for 2026 budget
Summary
The administrator proposed consolidating grounds maintenance functions from multiple departments into a new unit to improve accountability and contract management; commissioners approved moving the concept forward for inclusion in the 2026 budget process after staff agreed to freeze vacant positions while analyses proceed.
Augusta’s administrator presented a draft realignment concept that would centralize grounds and vegetation maintenance — consolidating functions now split among central services, parks and recreation, and engineering — into a single grounds-maintenance unit, and the commission directed staff to develop a detailed plan to include in the 2026 budget.
Administrator Allen said the proposal aims to improve accountability, create a single point of contact for contract management, and make stormwater-vegetation spending more transparent. She told commissioners that funding for related functions currently comes from multiple sources — the general fund, stormwater fund, garbage collection fund and SPLOST…
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