Consultants find Prescott City facilities generally 'good' but $23M of 10‑year renewals identified

Terracon Consultants presented a citywide facility condition assessment to the Prescott City Council on May 28, 2026, finding Prescott City’s portfolio generally in “good” condition but flagging concentrated deficiencies that will require investment.

Tim Migler, deputy director of recreation services, introduced the study work and Terracon department manager Trent Murray said the firm inspected 35 sites and 69 buildings, logged more than 3,000 inventory items and identified roughly 345 work‑item deficiencies. "We performed a facility condition assessment," Murray said, explaining the team used visual, non‑destructive inspections and a Paragon web tool for cost estimating and forecasting.

Murray explained the Facility Condition Index (FCI) methodology—total cost of repairs divided by current replacement value—and said most city assets fall into the “good” range. He singled out 1280 East Roser Street, the Simmons Community Center site, where parking and sitework drive a particularly high FCI for that location. The assessment estimates first‑year needs between about $4 million and $5.5 million, and roughly $23 million for component renewals over 10 years.

Council members probed specific high‑cost items, including carpet/floor finishes and rooftop air‑handler replacements in older buildings such as the airport terminal. Murray said condition ratings alter remaining service‑life projections: "If it's given a Y+ ... it actually could drop that estimated remaining service life down by roughly four years," meaning replacements may come sooner than age alone would indicate.

Finance director Lars Johnson told council staff are proposing to allocate excess operating revenues toward a facilities deferred‑maintenance program and have included $1.5 million in the five‑year plan for FY2027 to begin addressing high‑priority repairs. Murray and staff also showed scenarios for no funding versus a sustainable annual contribution (an illustrative $2.5 million) and how each scenario would affect the citywide FCI over a decade.

Council members asked whether estimates included inflation; Murray said the report’s figures reflect current‑day estimates and staff can produce alternate models with explicit inflation assumptions. Murray also noted the report includes photographs and a detailed Excel database that will allow the city to prioritize immediate safety or high‑impact items.

The council received the presentation and discussed next steps for funding prioritization and integration into the capital improvement program. Staff said more detailed breakdowns and modeling will be provided to council before final budget adoption.