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SERVICE DELIVERY

One of the City’s primary functions is service delivery. The following information provides a brief narrative of each department
and the primary functions of the departments. Also included are some recent awards received.

Asset Management includes Building Design and Construction, Facility Services, Fleet Services and Solid Waste & Recycling.
AM is responsible for assets owned and controlled by the City, including libraries, recreation centers, public safety facilities and
sanitary landfill. AM works in partnership with departments to ensure effective stewardship of assets to deliver services. AM also
oversees revenue collection for two landfill contracts and the garbage and recycling franchise agreement.

Building Design and Construction manages vertical construction. In the last five years, the team has managed 64 capital projects
valued at about $120 Million.

Currently, the team is overseeing construction for Fire Station No. 1
Rebuild, Active Adult Center, and design for the Police North
Substation/Evidence Storage & Crime Lab. For FY 2023, other
projects include Improvements at Ott Cribbs Public Safety Center, a
feasibility study for a new Public Safety Training Center, structural
and mechanical improvements and elevator replacement at the City
Tower, Arlington Tennis Center improvements and Fire Station 8
rebuild.

Facility Services is responsible for 184 facilities totaling over 2,371,799 million square feet. The team repairs and maintains
building interior and exteriors, and major building components such as electrical systems, elevators, fire alarm systems,
generators, HVAC, and plumbing. An in-house carpentry shop builds custom cabinetry, furniture, and specialty fixtures. Of about
3,200 service requests annually, the team completes 2,480 on average.

Fleet Services is responsible for the purchase, maintenance, repair, and disposal of fleet assets. The Fleet team manages the
City’s fleet maintenance contract of about 1,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The contractor averages about 10,000 work
orders a year. The contractor is also responsible for upfitting and decommissioning vehicles and equipment. In FY 2023, Fleet
has added one new Ford Lighting (fully electric truck) to go into service this year, which brings the electric fleet to 10 units. Also,
Level 2 Electric Vehicle charging stations have been installed at seven City facilities. Solid Waste & Recycling manages
contracts for the City’s 800-acre landfill and a gas-to-energy facility. In FY 2022, the landfill accepted over 980,000 tons of waste.
A gas-to-energy facility extracts the landfill gas and converts it into natural gas, which is enough to power over 5,000 homes.
Mulching and concrete recycling diverts from the landfill over 250,000 tons of concrete and over 50,000 cubic yards of green
waste per year. In FY 2022, the landfill contract generated about $6.9 million in revenue and the landfill gas-to-energy plant
generated about $500,000 for the City.

Solid Waste & Recycling also manages the contract for garbage and
recycling collection for about 100,000 homes and 4,500 businesses.
Over 300,000 tons of waste generated from residents and businesses
are collected, while over 20,000 tons of residential recycling are
diverted from the landfill. In FY 2021, the contract generated about
$2.3 million. In August of 2022, the City renewed its contract with
Republic Services to continue to provide collection services to the
residents and commercial businesses. A major part of the contract
renewal is the transition from twice per-week manual bagged trash
collection to once-per-week trash cart collection using an automated side load truck.

AM is also overseeing the deployment of a citywide fiber network which will be owned, maintained, and operated in the right-of-
way by a broadband developer as part of a license agreement. This network will increase access to high-speed Internet to
households and businesses. Once complete in five to seven years, the City will receive revenue from subscriber accounts.

FY 2024 Adopted Budget and Business Plan 10 City of Arlington, Texas