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Council Asks for Accounting on City Buildings: Custodial Staffing, Fire-system Repairs and City Hall Upgrades
Summary
Property Management presented maintenance and custodial budgets; councilmembers asked for clarity about custodial coverage across City Hall, police stations and recreation centers, and pressed for funding detail on fire-system and building repairs.
Property Management told the council its 2025 budget reflects modest staffing increases and higher maintenance allocations tied chiefly to large, deferred repairs in city facilities.
Staff said two additional full-time heads were added to reduce overtime and that the department is assuming responsibility for a set of building-maintenance tasks citywide. The department flagged new contractual spending for fire-system maintenance, explaining consultant and contractor work is needed to bring sprinkler and alarm systems into compliance and to perform inspections that had been deferred.
Councilmembers asked staff to clarify which expenditures are in the operating budget and which rely on capital funding. Finance staff said recent major repairs and room restorations (including work in the mayor—s suite and the Red Room) were handled via capital projects. Members also pressed for a clearer picture of custodial staffing: Property Management covers City Hall and police stations, while recreation centers use staff budgeted under the recreation division.
Council directed staff to provide an itemized list of outstanding major repairs at public-safety buildings and to identify which projects require capital appropriations versus routine maintenance. No formal vote was taken; staff agreed to return with the requested lists.
