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DFCM urges better agency reporting as it builds lease‑rate model and outlines capital‑improvements priorities
Summary
DFCM told the Transportation Infrastructure Appropriation Subcommittee it is developing lease rates under House Bill 349 (2019) that supplement operations-and-maintenance charges with amortized capital-replacement and capital-improvement components, but significant gaps in agency self-reporting and CRV data limit accuracy.
The Division of Facilities Construction and Management told the Transportation Infrastructure Appropriation Subcommittee on Feb. 4 that it is working to implement House Bill 349 (2019) by developing lease rates that reflect the full cost of occupying state buildings rather than relying on operations-and-maintenance (O&M) charges alone. Andy Maher, DFCM division director, said the agency combines self‑reported O&M data with factors for capital replacement and a capital‑improvement factor DFCM currently models at about 1.3 percent.
Maher and Scott Whitney, DFCM facilities program manager, said the approach is meant to produce a private‑sector‑style lease rate…
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