This report on deferred maintenance is a follow-up to Grand
Jury Report #1203, issued in June 2012.
For many years the County has struggled to chip away at the
backlog of deferred maintenance on county-owned facilities. To better understand the magnitude of the
situation and tackle the problem, the County’s Facilities Life-Cycle Program
(FLIP) report in 2007 evaluated deferred maintenance for a portion of
county-owned buildings. Although
progress has been made in some areas, the County still lacks an adequate
deferred maintenance budget. A
comprehensive review of deferred maintenance needs and a coordinated effort to
address the problem is required.
The cost of deferred maintenance on 89 county-owned
buildings is currently estimated at $265 million. The longer needed repairs are delayed, the
greater the potential for increased deterioration of the structures and the
greater the future cost of repair or replacement.
Areas where improvements are still needed include addressing
the high priority projects in the FLIP report, expanding and updating the
report, and placing more effort toward the integration of coordinated shared
databases that track and report deferred maintenance needs, priorities and
completed tasks.
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