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Committee flags Mallard Point for separate tracking amid five‑year budget spikes
Summary
Members said Mallard Point costs and related consultant work are distorting five‑year planning and building projections; they asked staff to isolate Mallard Point revenues and costs or create a special project module for clearer trend analysis.
Committee members raised concerns that Mallard Point is skewing planning and building forecasts and recommended tracking the project separately in the five‑year projections. David Walker noted a roughly 59% increase in the department's five‑year projection and asked whether the $660,000 general plan update estimate and $150,000 Mallard Point coordinator are inflating long‑term staffing and benefit projections.
One committee member recommended creating a special project line or module for Mallard Point so permit revenues and project costs can be matched rather than folding those figures into baseline department projections. Staff said the $150,000 Mallard Point coordinator is included in the five‑year plan as an ongoing line for the period of active implementation, and that some permit revenue assumptions remain conservative until permits are in hand.
