Representative Town Meeting (RTM) - 1273 (05/11/2026)
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| Board/Commission | Representative Town Meeting (RTM) |
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| Meeting Date | May 11, 2026 |
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It is management of utilities, space utilization, renovations and replacements. It requires the understanding of how the mechanical components interact with each other and the personnel in the buildings. It is more than building maintenance. It is Facility Management, the coordination of workplaces, people, and support services in order to support each department’s goals in the most cost effective manner. Our focus remains on: e Providing a building that is inviting, providing a sense of welcome at the entrance. e It must have a community orientation with residents feeling comfortable using the services at the facility. e The vision remaining proactive, not reactive. e Compliance with all environmental permit requirements e Compliance with all Building and Fire Code requirements ensuing a safe building Components of a well-managed facilities program encompasses: *Preventative Maintenance Schedules *Live Safety Systems *Repair Protocols *Security Systems *Space needs programming *ADA (Barrier Free Buildings) *Energy Audits *Environmental Permit Compliance *Facility Inspections *Indoor Air Quality *Alarm Testing *Building Code Compliance *Custodial Methods *Capital Projects (New & Renovations) Work on this budget started in July and involved hours of staff time at all levels assembling information and seeking pricing for the upcoming year. The basic philosophy in preparing the budget was: e Adequately fund the maintenance and utility accounts. Take care of what we already have e Propose equipment replacement before the end of service life e Do not take on new services or projects without a discussion on the impact, and cost. The following facilities encompassing approximately 240,000 sf that is assigned to this budget: Town Hall Library Public Safety Community Center Youth & Family Services O00 0 0 Police Municipal Complex (all buildings on the property, except Utilities Operations) Jordan Park House Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Cohanzie School (vacant property) NEW: Oswegatchie Fire House (current) O06 6 6 6] The budget presented is primarily an operations (fixed costs) budget. It is obligated to pay water, public sewer, and electricity, heating (oil and natural gas) utility bills. Wwe must comply with environmental permits, perform life safety inspections (sprinklers and fire alarms), and manage intrusion alarms and contract for full time custodial services at the Town Hall, Public Safety, Community Center, Youth and Family Services, Police and the municipal complex. Part time custodial services are provided to the Library. Funding for new construction, major replacements of equipment or renovations to the existing space are found in the Capital Improvement Program. The Department is able to provide a 4-year look back for this budget, but the data for FY21 should be discounted. Facilities expenses may have been combined with other expenses in each department's budget previous requests for FY21. Any attempt to separate out these costs would be labor intensive and questionable to its accuracy. We will continue to build a database ensuring proper accounting in each area. New: Oswegatchie Fire House is now a town building. The budget includes costs to maintain the current structure until the new fire station has been completed. Added costs are for generator maintenance, Fire Code inspections, HVAC and rodent control. Working with the IT Department on a project to upgrade the data rooms in various town buildings. Work that is the Building Maintenance’s portion is electrical, dehumidification and minor work to the door, walls and ventilation. The proposed budget requests the position of Facility Manager be authorized. In order for this Department to be proactive and not reactive with compliance with permit requirements and Building & Fire Code requirements requires a full time position. | have placed this position in my request, but funded for just three quarters of the year, realizing that recruitment and on-boarding is expected to consume 3 months. General Overview: Staffing: Facilities is managed through the Public Works Department under the leadership of the Director of Public Works. Office staff provide assistance with reporting, accounts payable and generation of work orders. A mix of Public Works Operations personnel, Board of Education skilled trades and contractors work to complete the work orders. A Facility Manager will take some of the burden off the Public Works staff who work on facilities issues. TOWN OF WATERFORD FY2027 BUDGET REQUEST DEPARTMENT: Building Maintenance Utilities: Facilities is responsible for the utilities (water, sewer, heating oil, natural gas and electricity) consumed at the buildings previously listed as well as the 5 Fire Stations. Consolidating all Utility billings under one department allows a savings in staff time for processing and a better capture of data. o Electricity: Facilities is responsible for 40 accounts to include those of the Fire Stations (5) and Police Radio Sites (5) and 15 misc. accounts that are locations for Recreation and Parks programs. The Transmission rate is $.1027/kwh. The generation rate is $.1048/kwh. o Water: There are 33 accounts that we manage. We have budgeted a 14% increase in the cost of water. The current cost of $3.33 per 100CF would go up to approximately $3.80 per 100CF in July of 2026. o Sewer: There are 20 accounts that we manage. We have not budgeted any rate increases. o Heating Oil: Currently we have seven buildings (5 Fire Houses, Library and the Jordan Park House) that receive heating oil. o Natural Gas: We have five locations with Natural Gas (Municipal Complex, Town Hall, Community Center, Police Dept. and the Public Safety building). We have been notified that the Municipal Complex will be billed using a Daily Demand Meter Rate (Rate 20). A telemetering charge of $22/month is now part of this billing. Waste Disposal: Solid Waste/Recyclables: The Public Works Department provides the containers and collection services and pays for disposal. These costs are included in the Public Works budget and are not included in this budget. Service Contracts: These contracts allow us to ensure the preventative maintenance tasks are performed at all of the facilities. It also allows us to monitor the performance of the vendor. Life Safety Inspections: For those buildings with sprinklers and/or fire alarms, quarterly inspections are required to keep the Town in compliance with the Fire Code. From these inspections, items are identified to be tested or components repaired. NFPA 25 for buildings with sprinklers (quarterly), NFPA 72 for building with fire alarms (annual) and NFPA 10 for fire extinguishers (annual) are what are budgeted for. We are now responsible for inspection of nine fire hydrants located on Town property. HVAC Units are on a preventative maintenance program. Not only are the units inspected, the units are cleaned, belts inspected, filters changed and valves exercised. _ FY2027 BUDGET REQUEST _ DEPARTMENT: Building Maintenance Challenges: e Building Maintenance is moving towards Facility Management, but effort is still being overshadowed by the immediate need to fix what is broken. e The tasks ahead need not focus on the wrenches; it is in the |Pad, capital project identification and energy management. e Policy makers are asking for information, current staffing levels cannot provide the information in a timely manner. e Analysis of information of what we have. e Maintaining the old Oswegatchie Fire House while the new one is being built. e Inthe future, new facilities will be added to this department. o Oswegatchie Fire House (8,000 sf) o Friendship School (60,000 sf) of a building that is over 20 years old FY25 Budget Personnel Service / Contracts Utilities MM Supplies Repairs ‘Personnel S Service / Contracts S 317,959 Utilities S 544,865 ‘Supplies S 8,000 Repairs S 25,000 TOWN OF WATERFORD FY2027 BUDGET REQUEST DEPARTMENT: Building Maintenance 5100 SERIES FY27 Request $58,476 5200 SERIES 10111-52040 — Service Contracts and Repairs The primary method to minimize costly service calls are annual preventative maintenance contracts. Contracts include HVAC maintenance, pest control, alarms and fire system inspections as well as generator maintenance. Custodial services provided to Town Hall, Municipal Complex, Youth & Family Services, Community Center, Public Safety Building and part time coverage at the library are included in this line item. The Library (day coverage) and the Police Station provide these services in their budgets. The cost of custodial services at the Town Hall is partly offset by a funding agreement between the Town and Board of Education. These funds are listed in this budget as a revenue. We also have on-call contractors for repairs that are not general maintenance. These are for plumbing, roofing, electrical, overhead doors, and air quality. BUILDING MAINTENANCE REPAIRS / SERVICES Minor repairs S 12,100 ADA Door repairs S 2,000 Plumbing services S 15,000 Electrical Services S 16,522 Air quality S 2,000 Tank testing S 1,500 Misc. Supplies S 12,500 $ 61,622 = ilding Maintenance A.I.T Water Treatment / Community Center S 800 Action Air HVAC - PM S 86,105 A&J Generators Generator - PM S 9,000 Building One Custodial Services S 167,700 Central Alarm (ITS) Mandatory Fire Alarm Inspection (HFPA-72) S 7,500 Fire Protection Test Mandatory Fire & Sprinkler inspections (NFPA-25) S 12,500 Frontier POTS (Plain Old Telephone Lines) S 6,000 Cintas Police Dept Floor Mats S 1,200 Otis Elevator Elevator Maintenance Service Program S 10,000 Overhead Door Overhead Door Maintenance S 5,000 Primo Water Water Delivery S 1,912 MES - Shipman's Mandatory Fire Extinguisher Inspections (NFPA-10) $ 6,500 Tremco Roof Repairs S 20,000 Waltham Chemical Pest Services S 10,700 S 344,917 SERVICE CONTRACTS & REPAIRS $600,000.00 $500,000.00 $400,000.00 9510) 0)01010)0)0) 200,000.00 S S 100,000.00 — ee ¢ 10111-52040 @ MOUSTAYS TOWN OF WATERFORD FY2027 BUDGET REQUEST DEPARTMENT: Building Maintenance FY21 $ 57,821 *Not used in average FY22 $160,082 FY23 $238,733 FY24 $530,736 FY25 $427,576 4 year average $339,282 FY 27 Request $440,000 10111-52090 Heating Oil Heating oil is for the 5 fire houses, the Library and Jordan Park House. The price per gallon is set at $2.7392/gallon OIL/gallons Heating Oil ‘| Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb MARCH APRIL MAY TOTALGALLONS Costs 1500 Jordan Fire 86.2. 700 1200 680 375 3041.20 S$ 8,330.46 1500 Quaker Hill Fir 550 220 326 800 400.4 235, 2531.40 $ 6,934.01 | 250 Quaker Hil Fir: 55.3 20.1, 76.2 148.5 94.3 54.2. 448.60 $ 1,228.81 | 1000 Goshen Fire 400 400 450 750 225 2225.00 $ 6,094.72 1500 Oswegatchie | 1275 43.3 1000 435 500 1075 620 4948.30 $13,554.38 2000 Library 1400 266 971.1 704.7 1300 758.8 955.6 104.5 6460.70 $17,697.15 200 Jordan Park He 2.8 20.1 88.9 69.3 181.10 S$ 496.07 1000 Cohanzie Fire 270. 58.4 320.7 265 650 598.1 234.5, 2396.70 $ 6,565.04 | | | 22233.00 $60,900.63 HEATING OIL $150,000.00 a a ___—_ $100,000.00 en $50,000.00 ea a —! ae op 10111-52090 mEY23 FY21 $ 5,848 *Not used in average FY22 $115,505 FY23 $130,748 FY24 $139,598 FY25 $ 67,459 4 year average $113,328 10111-52091 — Natural Gas We separated natural gas from heating oil for a clearer picture. Currently there is natural gas at the Community Center, Police Dept., Public Safety, Municipal Complex and Town Hall. There is no history on a natural gas line item, because it was separated last year. GAS NaturalGas | ACCOUNT# JULY AUGUST 15 Rope FeryRoad 57952938033 $ 152.29 $ 20281 1000 Hartford Tumpike 57741019087 $ 929.84 $1,012.74 _ 24 Rope Ferry Road 57901760033, $1,291.51 $1,325.20 24RopeFerryRoad 57010700052 $ 177.05 $ 185.79 AL AveryLane 57064590087 $ 475.35 $ 475.35 204 Boston Post Road 57752199067 $ 16487 $ 15692 $ 196.68 $ 241.56 i. $3,190.91 $3,358.81 FY25 $81,112 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER -§ 234.84 $ 449.67 § 1,131.76 $1,810.24 -§ 1323.23 $1,825.68 § 16448 § 167.32 $475.35 $ 823.79 $3526.34 $5,318.26 FY27 Request NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH § 869.59 $ 1,296.73 $ 1,554.85 $ 1,284.20 $ 703.91. § 2,378.37 $ 3,590.40 $ 3,775.41 $ 3,763.26 $ 282894 § 2,279.88 § 294850 § 3,559.15 $ 3,231.91 $ 1,872.75 § 17767 § 17953 § 190.88 $ 18841 $ 175.41 $ 1,296.37 $ 2,068.91 $ 2,615.09 $ 2,325.83 $ 1877.11 $ 29492 § 51365 $ 61414 $ 537.44 § 43994 § 7,296.80 $10,597.73 $12,309.52 $11,331.05 $ 7,898.06 FY27 Request $65,000 APRIL MAY § 600.22 $ 344.91 $2,120.33 $1,330.93 $1442.91 $ 781.14 $ 175.98 $ 186.56 JUNE $ 213.33} $ $1,172.79 | $ - ., 4 § 472.26 '$ § 187.19 '§ vy 4 $1,593.22 $1,267.20 $ 767.09 "§ § 335.08 § 152.20 $6,267.74 $4,062.94 $85,000 $133.01 § TOTAL 7,907.35. 25,845.01 22,354.12. 2,156.27 $78,103.83 10111-52100 Electricity Supply Rates December 2025 — December 2027 $.1049/kWh Generation Rate $.1027/kWh The following information applies to FY25 Town Hall Electricity The Town purchases electricity (supply, not delivery) through the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) Purchasing Program. This program is designed to assist Towns in selecting the best available rates and contract terms. The kilowatt hour rate includes the CCM program participation fee. Electricity charges also include a delivery rate which is set by Eversource, which have increased by more than 20%. The Purchasing Agent gave the following information from (CCM) Tradition Energy: ELECTRIC KWH USED SUPPLY DELIVERY CHARGE Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery ‘Series1 $76,286.02 354,560 $32,584.09 $43,701.96 Police Department Electricity DELIVERY ELECTRIC KWH USED SUPPLY CHARGE Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery ‘GSeries1 $88,121.84 410,524 $37,742.74 $50,379.11 <6 sell Pica Raita te to ELECTRIC KWH USED SUPPLY DELIVERY CHARGE Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery ‘a Series1 $30,357.48 146,288 $13,537.10 $16,951.20 YSB Electricity | ELECTRIC KWH USED SUPPLY DELIVERY CHARGE Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery io Series1 $20,840.67 87,686 $8,058.35 $12,784.35 | Community Center Electricity ih Me gro eT nae ELECTRIC KWH USED SUPPLY DELIVERY CHARGE Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery ®Series1 $68,128.86 192,195 $26,908.27 $41,220.53 Library Electricity —- ee ——_ ELECTRIC KWH USED SUPPLY DELIVERY CHARGE Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery | ‘GSeriest $28,745.65 130,640 $12,004.43 $18,147.96 Municipal Complex Electricity | | , | | t ELECTRIC KWH USED SUPPLY DELIVERY CHARGE Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery ‘Series1 $69,686.02 296,982 $27,292.61 $42,392.91 Jordan Fire House Electricity ELECTRIC KWH USED SUPPLY DELIVERY CHARGE Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery @Series1 $13,376.80 55,286 $5,080.78 $8,295.62 RE, ELECTRIC KWH USED SUPPLY DELIVERY CHARGE Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery ‘GSeries1 $11,891.96 45,902 $4,218.40 $7,665.76 ELECTRIC KWH USED SUPPLY DELIVERY CHARGE Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery GB Series1 $9,472.00 34,603 $3,180.62 $6,291.38 | Oswegatchie Fire House | Electricity f ELECTRIC KWH SUPPLY DELIVERY CHARGE USED Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery ‘GSeries1 $18,848.20 81,120 $7,454.92 $11,393.28 Cohanzie Fire House Electricity ELECTRIC KWH USED SUPPLY DELIVERY CHARGE Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery ‘Seriest $14,546.05 65,766 $6,043.90 $8,502.15 85 Miner Lane Electricity ELECTRIC KWH USED SUPPLY DELIVERY CHARGE Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery o Series1 $4,717.67 19,349 $1,957.79 $2,759.78 Misc. Accounts Electricity ELECTRIC KWH USED SUPPLY DELIVERY CHARGE Electric Charge KWH Used Supply Delivery OG Series1 $21,383.23 70,425 $8,974.69 $12,318.32 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 4 year average ' $200,000.00 ELECTRICITY $500,000.00 Se $400,000.00 ee ee S300,000.00 $100,000.00 — ——— ae AE a és 10111-52100 $ 64,968 *Not used in average $366,452 $358,595 $379,682 $466,769 $ 392,875 FY27 Request $ 450,000 TOWN OF WATERFORD FY2027 BUDGET REQUEST DEPARTMENT: Building Maintenance | 10111-52110 Water This line item pays for water to Town Bui system at Cohanzie’s Dedrick field. A rate Idings and structures, as well as the irrigation increase of 14% has been factored in. WATER $35,000.00 ee $30,000.00 eres $25,000.00 $20,000.00 $15,000.00 $10,000.00 $5,000.00 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 4 year average Si 10111-52110 $ 1,706 *Not used in average $18,424 $21,332 $26,556 $34,152 $25,116 FY27 Request $39,900 2 bs ‘ ARs Vv so ¥” =—_ =e b= == we j | ‘Maintenance 10111-52120 Sewer 50% of the sewer user fee is based on water consumption and 50% is a fixed cost related to the water meter size. This pays for the sewer usage for Town Buildings and structures. SEWER $50,000.00 ee $40,000.00 ——_ 530,000.00 $20,000.00 $10,000.00 10111-52120 FY21 $ 3,369 *Not used in average FY22 $24,023 FY23 $24,084 FY24 $26,617 FY25 $44,191 4 year average $ 29,729 FY27 Request $45,000 TOWN OF WATERFORD FY2027 BUDGET REQUEST DEPARTMENT: Building Maintenance 9300 SERIES 10111-53020 — Other Supplies This line item is now specifically for paper products needed for the Town Hall, Youth Service Building and the Municipal Complex. All other locations are budgeted through the respective departments. Item # Description Each Order Total Cost Value 25703| Towel Roll 1150 ft Scott 6 19 114 | $105.91 | $2,012.29 2001KC|Towel Scott Essential 6 10 60 $78.27 | $782.70 VBKT250|VB Kitchen Towel 12 11 132 $39.63 | $435.93 VBRT800K/VB Roll Towel Nat 6 4 24 $33.45 | $133.80 26610|Towel 400FT White 6 1 6 $41.56 | $41.56 46253|Towel Essential Mechanical 1 4 4 $1.70 $6.80 19375|Toilet Tissue Compact Coreless 36 19 684 $90.90 | $1,727.10 19378|Tissue compact coreless roll 18 8 144 $70.75 | $566.00 21340) Facial Tissue 30 2 60 $49.37 $98.74 VBJT2100|VB Tissue (3.3X1000FT) 12 1 12 $43.49 | $43.49 56744B| Compact Roll Bath Tissue Disp Blk 1 6 6 $25.51 | $153.06 1911-02}Handwash Foam 2 27 54 $71.82 | $1,939.14 1919-04|GOJO Touch Free Soap Foam 1 8 8 $42.85 | $342.80 R2433N8|Liner Can Natural 24X33 20 40 $42.04 | $84.08 R4048N16|Liner Can Natural 40X48 10 4 40 $45.25 | $181.00 R3340N16|Liner Can Natural 33X40 16 8 128 $32.66 | $261.28 VBLH385815B| Liner Can Black 38X58 60 GAL 10 10 100 $48.16 | $481.60 149336P95]Eclipse Urinal Screen Citrus 12 1 12 $26.20 | $26.20 145 1628 | $889.52 | $9,317.57 7,¥ Ka | fess) [sl Av AYA A VAY A SN aig Sa Pt ee ae ae a et > a a © aes ee $2 Oy =t 7 5 Real jase eiemner mere ays rAN & i | noe wi aint NAN FL i OTHER SUPPLIES $10,000.00 2 eee — $8,000.00 i ———— $6,000.00 2 ie | $4,000.00 Ae LA" wa $2,000.00 “a Ga 2) 10111-53020 FY21 $8,432 FY22 $7,753 FY23 $6,393 FY24 $6,704 FY25 $8,812 5 year average $7,619 FY27 Request $9,500 FY2027 BUDGET REQUEST DEPARTMENT: Building Maintenance 9500 SERIES 10111-55030 —Public Improvements This line is used to pay for small projects to Town buildings. These funds cover materials for both materials and work performed by either BOE labor or outside contractors hired to complete the task. This year, projects will support the IT Department work in various data rooms. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS $30,000.00 $25,000.00 $20,000.00 $15,000.00 $10,000.00 $5,000.00 10111-55030 FY22 MFY23 FY24 25) FY21 $27,012 FY22 $11,175 FY23 $ 3,041 FY24 $ 4,982 FY25 $22,321 5 year average $13,706 FY27 Request $ 25,000 TOWN OF WATERFORD PROPOSED REVENUE BY DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR All revenues from each department must be listed in the following categories. Please add any revenue lines that are not listed below. DEPARTMENT: Building Maintenance 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 | 2025-2026 2026-2027 LINE ITEM ACTUAL ACTUAL EXPECTED YTD PROPOSED |VARIANCE $ - Waterford Board of Education 73,218 75,927 78,357 18,357 80,316 |$ 1,959.00 Shared Use of Town Hall $ - $ : TOTALS $ 73,218.00 | $ 75,927.00 | $ 78,357.00 | $ 78,357.00 | $ 80,316.00 |$ 1,959.00