Fiscal Year 2025- 2026 Recommended Budget

Highlights

Infrastructure The Infrastructure Service Area’s estimated need totals about $2.3 billion or 80% of the total recommended CIP spending over the next ten years. The average projected expenditures per fiscal year is about $225 million. The service area consists of Engineering & Inspections, Solid Waste & Recycling, Planning, Transportation, and Water Resources. Water Resources projects total just under $1.8 billion and account for 80% of the Infrastructure Service Area and 64% of the total CIP. The department plans to spend $154 million in FY2025-26. Water, Sewer and Stormwater projects of note in FY 25-26 include; Mitchell - Emerging Contaminant Treatment ($42 million), Water Line Extension - Southeast GSO Feeder Main Water Line Improvements ($35 million), Liberty Road Lift Station and Force Main ($18 million), Water Line Extension – Lees Chapel Road Part I ($15 million), Water Line Rehabilitation Program – Epoxy, Burst, Dig & Lay ($15 million), Camp Burton Outfall and Corbin Rod Lift Station Abandonment ($12 million), Pleasant Garden Water Main Extension Phase I ($10 million), Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation ($10 million), Townsend – Major Electrical and Genset – Phase II ($6.7 million), Primary Clarifier Improvements ($6.6 million). Projected Transportation capital expenditures over the next ten years total approximately $313 million, which accounts for 14% of the Infrastructure Service Area and 11% of the total CIP. Transportation’s capital needs total about $68 million in FY 25-26. Projects of note include final phase of the Downtown Greenway ($14.9 million), Murrow Boulevard Bridge Rehab: Gorrell and Washington Streets ($5.5 million), East Gate City Boulevard ($4.3 million), Holden Road Sidewalk Improvements ($3.5 million), J. Douglas Gaylon Depot Renovation & Roof Repairs Phase 3 ($3 million). The Solid Waste & Recycling department projects total almost $70 million, which accounts for approximately 3% of the Infrastructure Service Area and almost 2.5% of the total CIP. In FY 25-26 there are about $13 million of planned projects that include $10 million towards Phase II Construction and Demolition Landfill Closure, landfill equipment replacements, as well as other transfer station replacement and landfill closure needs. Community Services Community Services Service Area projects account for the second largest project total of the four Service Areas, including over $386 million for Parks and Recreation and almost $38 million of Neighborhood Development projects. Combined, Parks and Recreation, and Housing and Neighborhood Development account for 15% of all CIP projects over the next 10 years. Parks & Recreation projects planned for FY 25-26 include $8 million for Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex, completing the Downtown Greenway Phase 4 ($1.4 million), and land acquisition ($200,000). The Battleground Parks District project is projected to have a total spend of $42 million by FY 30-35. In FY 25-26, Housing and Neighborhood Development expects to make progress on a variety of projects funded with bonds approved in 2016 and 2022 including revolving loan funds, and workforce housing initiative projects targeting at-risk or disadvantaged groups and areas within Greensboro. Public Safety The Public Safety Service Area includes $135 million, or almost 5%, of the City’s planned capital needs over the next ten years. Fire Department projects are estimated to cost $124 million, including the construction of a new fire station on Short Farm Rd., the renovation of Fire Station 49 on Friendly Rd., and the update of several existing fire stations. The majority of the Fire Department projects are related to the construction of new and replacement, or renovation of, aging fire stations. Police Department projects are estimated to cost $3 million. Police Department CIP projects include headquarters security upgrades and renovations, and the purchase of a new record management system. Guilford Metro anticipates a total spend of $4.2 million, with $3.5 million being spent in FY 25-26 for Computer Aided Dispatch software. Funding Overview The Capital Improvements Program relies on a variety of funding sources to accomplish its many efforts. These include debt financing; enterprise funding; general fund revenues; state shared revenues; and grants from the state government, federal government, or private sources.

Recommended FY 25-26 Budget

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