Alamance County manager proposes multi-year capital plan, recommends $10 million annual transfer for roofs and HVAC

County Manager Mr. Baker told the Alamance County Board of Commissioners on April 7, 2025, that the county’s proposed five-year capital improvement plan (CIP) and the FY2025–26 capital budget would prioritize deferred maintenance and move capital projects into multiyear funds. He recommended a $10 million general-fund transfer in FY2025–26 to address roofing and HVAC needs and proposed a $19 million capital budget for county government projects next year.

The plan matters because it shifts how the county budgets for long-term facility needs and seeks to reduce costly emergency repairs, Baker said. "We're changing where we fund these projects not how we fund them to give them some more flexibility because a lot of these projects are taking more than one year to complete," he said.

Baker described the CIP as a five-year planning and implementation tool for acquiring,…