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Village Departments Present Capital Needs

The Village’s capital needs were presented to the public by department heads during the 30th annual capital budget plan meeting on Saturday, January 21st. The meeting gives residents an opportunity to learn and ask questions about projects tentatively scheduled for the next five years, with an emphasis on projects that are being considered for the fiscal year June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2013.

“While it is difficult to look five years down the road, it is important to identify areas that should be addressed and put them in some kind of priority order,” said Village Administrator Robert L. Schoelle, Jr.

Since 2009, every department has been proposing that the majority of their capital projects be deferred at least one year due to the recession. Several projects have seen multi-year deferrals. Now, department heads and the Garden City Board of Trustees realize that it is time to start slowly adding these projects back into the queue in order to maintain the Village’s infrastructure.

This year’s proposed capital plan represents an increase of more than $2.5 million, or 10.63 percent of the budget, which is expected to total between $53 and $55 million. Last year the capital plan comprised 5.78 percent of the budget, which totaled $53,333,769.

Olivo acknowledged the substantial increase. “However, it is very much in line with our history of capital project investment,” he said.

A Citizens’ Budget Review and Advisory Committee (CBRAC) have been actively involved in the budget process since 2007. The members have changed over the years; the current committee includes Chairwoman Kristina Russo, Vice Chairman Stephen Makrinos, Brian Armstrong, Courtney Rosenblatt, Thomas McArdle, Joseph Courtade, Joseph Colletti and Frederick Capozzi. Committee members review the entire capital budget plan and overall operating budget and then select specific departments for more concentrated examination.

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