Work group flags $559.3 million in annual deferred maintenance for three agencies

Staff told the Government Operations & Fiscal Policy Committee that the work group’s agency-level review found significant deferred maintenance for the three agencies the committee had asked it to study.

"ESA agency went through their budget, and went through their assets ... That totaled about $783,500,000 just for these 3 agencies," Mr. Smith said, and he compared that figure with the fiscal 27 approved CIP annual amount of about $224,200,000, identifying close to $559,300,000 in annual deferred maintenance.

The report notes the analysis did not include all county functions (for example, the Department of General Services was not included in the three-agency tabulation), so the staff figures are a partial but material indicator of the county’s maintenance shortfall.

Committee members asked follow-up questions about timing, prioritization and whether a maintenance-focused budget metric should be added to fiscal policy.