The Board of Supervisors was expected to adopt a new Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) — once members are clear about, that it’s for planning purposes only— when the board met Tuesday afternoon in regular session. At the same time, the board was slated to approve budget allocations for the new fiscal year that begins July 1.

The FY19 budget totals $96,978,471 and includes the $58,239,530 school budget.

The county budget does include just over $1 million for the CIP for the new fiscal year. Those funds are divided between eight categories, but in the first year do not reflect what are expected to be significant capital needs for emergency services and renovations for a number of issues with the circuit courthouse.

The plan in the second year of the CIP is to at least begin allocating $3.5 million for a complete renovation to address environmental, mechanical, structural, plumbing and electrical infrastructure issues, along with roof and “building envelope” problems for the courthouse.

That’s the most significant expenditure in the $4.23 million Maintenance Category for the CIP over the course of five years.

The highest allocations are projected for FY21 and FY22 when the county hopes to replace the emergency services radio system. The county projects it will cost about $8 million and has put $4 million in FY21 and FY22.

The CIP’s Public Safety category has $30,000 in each of FY19 and FY20 as planning dollars for the radio replacement. The infrastructure for the radio system dates to 1998, and some components were replaced in 2014. It’s called a “major project, requiring multiple years of planning for another long-term public safety investment.”

The Public Safety category also includes at least $37,000 annually to replace cardiac monitoring devices for emergency medical services; and $155,000 in FY19 and $80,000 FY20 to continue to replace mobile radios, some that date to 1998.

The CIP also recommends $675,000 to purchase a new reserve fleet fire engine in FY20 to “relax” a currently staffed fire apparatus with the highest mileage and engine hours.

The Community and Economic Development category allocates $350,000 in FY19— $150,000 for economic development programs, $50,000 for any Greenfield Historic Preservation match, and $150,000 as the county’s obligation to the Botetourt Family YMCA construction.

Those numbers for Community and Economic Development are pretty consistent throughout the five years of the CIP, except the YMCA contribution goes up each year in an effort to accelerate paying off the county’s commitment to the building fund.

The CIP has $135,000 in it for FY19. Most of that— $100,000— is for greenway development that includes providing matching funds for grants. Another $35,000 is set aside in each year going forward for the Recreation Incentive Fund matching grant program.

The CIP does have Greenfield Recreation Park projects slated in out-years; perhaps starting in FY20. Those plans are for fencing, dugouts and equipment for two new ball fields, sidewalks and scoreboard for the new fields, lighting for two soccer fields, a concession/restroom prefabricated building for the soccer fields, and tennis courts.

The Library category has $10,000 for FY19 for the Library Incentive Fund to cover matches for Friends of Library projects.

There are plans in the out-years for improvements/expansion of the Buchanan Library; and a facilities study that will include considering expanding the Blue Ridge Library and the potential for a new library in Daleville or Troutville.

In the General Services category, the biggest expenditure that’s planned for is the expected $1.1 million that may be needed to cap one of the open cells at the county landfill. That’s set for FY21.

Technology Services has $58,000 set aside in FY19 to replace laptop and desktop computers. The county is trying to establish a 4-5 year replacement cycle.

In FY20, the CIP projects replacing the servers that have reached the end of the support agreement and setting up a redundant Internet auto switching system. Together they are projected to cost $325,000.

Other projects include in the Maintenance Category are replacing the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment ($48,000) at the Blue Ridge Library and replacing the generator ($50,000) at the General District Courthouse this year.

Other large expenditures in out-years in the category include replacing the HVAC ($100,000) at the General District Courthouse, and roof repair and replacements at Greenfield Education and Training Center, the General District Courthouse and the Fincastle Library.

An appendix to the CIP includes possible Community Development Projects associated with making improvements to the Gateway Crossing corridor around Exit 150 and along the US 220 corridor to Glebe Road

Those projects include greenways, shared-use paths, streetscapes and streets that came from the Exit 150 Market Study and Conceptual Land Use Plan which was completed by Renaissance Planning in June 2015 and presented as the Gateway Crossing Area Plan last year as the amendments to the county’s Comprehensive Plan.

Eighteen possible projects are included in the appendix. There are no provisions for funding that are estimated at $100.4 million total. Streets come in as the most expensive in the four quadrants of the Gateway Crossing Area Plan at over $42 million. Streetscape along the US 220 corridor to Glebe Road has the highest estimated cost— $18.6 million