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Board given preliminary list of FY26–30 CIP requests totaling $441.3 million; staff to return with financing and priorities at retreat
Summary
County budget staff presented preliminary capital-improvement program requests for FY2026–2030 totaling $441.3 million in project requests plus $125.3 million in capital maintenance requests; first-year (FY26) project asks total about $110 million.
County budget staff presented an initial overview of capital-improvement program (CIP) requests for FY2026–2030 and urged supervisors to provide policy direction ahead of a budget retreat.
Cheryl Holland, the county’s budget director, said departments submitted 35 capital-project requests totaling approximately $441.3 million across five years plus 94 capital-maintenance requests totaling about $125.3 million. Holland noted the presentation reflected department-submitted timing and cost estimates and that amounts and schedules are preliminary and subject to change as staff aligns requests with available resources.
Holland said the FY2026 requests alone include 15 capital projects totaling about $110 million and 40 capital-maintenance requests totaling roughly $25 million. Several large items carry forward from prior plans or were previously planned, while some submissions are new or have updated cost estimates reflecting inflation and more detailed design work. Examples highlighted by staff include the consolidated Government Center project at Longhill Road (and a new 60,000-square-foot addition requested in the current submission), multiple Parks & Recreation projects across county parks, the General Services administration building (previously discussed) and courthouse addition design services that the county expects to share costs with the City of Williamsburg for the joint courthouse asset.
Holland told the board that the CIP requires not only capital dollars but also staff time and procurement resources, and she pointed to about $139.9 million in previously approved CIP budgets that remain open as of December 2024. She said staff will bring an affordability picture — annual funding assumptions and debt-capacity analysis from the county’s financial advisor — to the board retreat and asked supervisors to come prepared to discuss priorities and trade-offs.
Why this matters: The CIP shapes multi-year capital and maintenance decisions for county facilities, libraries, parks, schools and transportation. The preliminary request list is larger than what the county can typically fund in a single five-year plan; supervisors’ guidance will inform which projects staff advances into the proposed FY2026 budget.
