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Facilities director outlines 2025 capital work and due diligence on Bountiful library site
Summary
Davis County Facilities Director reported on facility budget reorganizations, 2025 capital projects across branches and detailed due diligence steps — core samples, potential asbestos, and soil/fill testing — before advancing a proposed land swap and construction at the Bountiful site.
Davis County Facilities Director Lane updated the Davis County Library Board on Feb. 13 about changes to facility budgeting, planned capital projects for 2025 at multiple branches, and site‑specific due diligence for a potential Bountiful library project.
Lane said the county has changed how utilities and contract services (custodial, landscaping, garbage, generator service) are billed: those costs are now charged directly to the library’s fund rather than being centrally carried. “There was kind of a little buffer when we were doing it. But now if you guys if those budgets do go over for utility or gas, I'll have to do some budget amendments to make things whole at the end of the year,” Lane said. Facilities work covered by the allocation includes general repairs, maintenance, HVAC and maintenance wages.
Planned capital work for 2025 includes parking‑lot maintenance (crack sealing and restriping) at Layton, Centerville and Kaysville; replacing or relocating worn millwork and children’s stand‑height desks at Layton; possible fixture replacement for aging tube‑style lighting lenses; Kaysville carpet replacement in the stacks (planned using equipment to lift stacks rather than manually moving books); and punch‑list completion on a façade replacement and generator enclosure with expected wrap‑up in April.
Lane described water‑saving landscape work at the Syracuse branch, noting a recent conversion away from turf in sloped areas and that city public works has agreed to remove a small irrigation island to create two additional parking stalls. He also said Syracuse work was completed quickly after the county identified funding.
On the Bountiful site and other new construction, Lane and the project architect toured library branches with the architect's team and are preparing programming and site assessments. Lane said the team plans borings and core samples at the former building footprint because undocumented demolition or buried construction debris can significantly change costs: “to take away construction debris is much, much more expensive than, just normal dirt.” He added that GeoPiers used previously in Kaysville cost about $200,000 in 2014, noting such surprises can materially change project budgets.
The Bountiful project also requires confirmation of city setbacks, utility easements and sewer lines before a land‑swap or final footprint is agreed. Lane said the county will proceed with borings and further review before negotiating with the city. He asked that one or more library board members participate in the design process and noted the architect has produced 3‑D scans and interior models of existing buildings and will interview staff and patrons as part of the record.
Board members and staff discussed asbestos, possible historic basements and other subgrade surprises; Lane and the library director said those issues will be documented during core sampling and factored into design and cost estimates. Lane described the county’s approach as deliberately cautious to reduce the risk of budget surprises during construction.
No formal action was required from the board on these information items; the board requested continued updates and indicated interest in having at least one board member engaged in the design process.
