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City general-services director: Richmond faces $251.5 million in deferred maintenance with a large funding gap
Summary
Gail Johnson, director of General Services, told the committee the department’s facility assessment shows about $251,500,000 in deferred maintenance across 81 facilities, that three buildings account for roughly 60% of that total, and that current capital maintenance funding (~$16.1M) is far below the estimated $50–60M annual investment needed to improve facility conditions.
Gail Johnson, director of General Services, presented the city’s capital maintenance overview to the Governmental Operations Committee, citing the scale of deferred maintenance and the funding gap the city faces.
Johnson said DGS maintains 81 facilities of which nine are currently unoccupied and 72 are occupied; the department employs about 120 FTEs. Using the facility-condition index and deferred-maintenance modeling, Johnson said the spreadsheet shows an estimated $251,500,000 in deferred maintenance costs for construction items. "This model shows that it would take…
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