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Buildings & Grounds trims preventive maintenance, holds headcount but cuts contracts
Summary
Joe Butler said the Buildings & Grounds 2026 operating budget is proposed at $12.3M, an 11% reduction that reduces preventive maintenance frequency, trims contractual services and preserves current employees by removing vacant allotments but not conducting layoffs.
Joe Butler, director of Buildings & Grounds, told the council the department’s 2026 operating allotment is $12,316,000, a reduction of about $1,565,000 from prior allotments (an 11% cut). Butler said the department reduced allotments from 65 to 63 and expects to accomplish the reductions without layoffs by eliminating frozen/vacant positions.
Butler described the specific program changes: preventive maintenance cycles will be reduced to quarterly PMs, a number of contract maintenance crews will be reduced by about 50% (which will lengthen response times for lower‑priority work), and the…
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