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Oviedo staff summarizes 2024–25 capital improvement requests and proposes updated master plan and staffing increases
Summary
City staff walked the Recreation and Parks Advisory Board through the 2024–25 CIP request, personnel priorities including facility maintenance positions, and plans to update the parks master plan and the city's strategic plan.
City staff briefed the Recreation and Parks Advisory Board on the 2024–25 capital improvement plan (CIP) requests, personnel priorities and a proposed master-plan update. Paul and other staff explained how the city's CIP scoring works, highlighted requests for facility maintenance positions and described plans to update a parks master plan that staff said is about 20 years old.
Why it matters: The CIP and personnel decisions determine which capital projects and maintenance activities receive funding. Staff said the department is understaffed for building and grounds maintenance and proposed adding positions to address deferred maintenance and reduce liability.
Staff explained that the city's CIP protocol classifies single items costing $5,000–$25,000 as capital outlay and items over $25,000 as major capital replacement. Paul said the city has used American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in prior years to reduce capital backlog. Personnel requests the department prioritized included a facility maintenance technician and a maintenance worker; staff said the two existing workers are responsible for maintaining "52 different buildings or structures" totaling about "70,000 square feet." Paul said a maintenance worker request specifically targeted Brett Simley Park grounds and that the department currently has three employees maintaining several parks and rights-of-way.
On master planning, staff said the current parks master plan is roughly 20 years old and recommended a consultant-led update that would include a level-of-service study, community survey and staff interviews. "We need to survey the community," Paul told the board. Staff said the master-plan update would go to council for consultant selection and be linked to the annual strategic plan and budget cycle.
Board members discussed timing and the budget adoption process; staff said final budget adoption occurs in September and that departments will learn funding prospects between May and September. No formal board vote occurred; staff invited board input during the budgeting process and asked members to identify priority items for parks and recreation.
