Several maintenance projects are planned in Richardson for fiscal year 2025, according to a presentation given at the July 15 meeting.

Although no action was taken, Richardson City Council received an update on the ongoing building maintenance projects ahead of the upcoming FY 2024-25 budget workshop.

In a nutshell

Director of Facilities and Fleet Wayne Corum gave a presentation update to council on several ongoing facility maintenance projects and projects planned for FY 2024-25.

Completed projects include the following:

• Deck repairs at the Richardson Women's Club
• HVAC upgrades at the Richardson Police Department detention center
• Parking lot striping at the public safety campus
• Hot heater replacements at the fire training center and service center
• Exhaust fan replacements at the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts

Curum said there are nine remaining projects in progress, including security system upgrades at the service center, repairs needed at the fire training center to keep the facility competent for training and remodeling the multipurpose room at the police department to provide better storage.

Looking forward

There are eight projects planned for FY 2024-25, Corum said, including repairs to the fire apparatus door at Fire Station No. 5, replacing the roof at the municipal court building and repainting the apparatus bay at Fire Station No. 2.

Other projects include repainting and replacing the carpet at the municipal court, and roof repairs at the detention facility.

Quote of note

“One of the challenges we’ve had this year with some of the projects is having unscheduled work that we have to do,” Corum said. “Last month during the storms, we saw a major lightning strike that struck the fire training center, knocking out the HVAC system for the entire facility, which also includes the backup data center for the city. That was a major project that we had to divert our resources to.”