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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’s
primary functions and recent recognition and awards.

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

Building Design and Construction manages vertical construction. In FY
2025, the team completed the ACTIV, a new recreation center for residents
50 and older. The team also is managing other capital projects like the Fire
Station No. 8 Rebuild, Police North Substation/Evidence Storage & Crime
Lab as well as major remodels of the City Tower and Ott Cribbs Public
Safety Center. During FY 2025, the team oversaw 34 projects in design and
construction with a combined total value of about $122 million.

Facility Services is responsible for facilities totaling over 2 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, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
(HVAC), and plumbing. An in-house carpentry shop builds custom cabinetry,
furniture, and specialty fixtures. The team completes nearly 3,000 work order
requests each year.

Solid Waste & Recycling manages the Republic Services contract for garbage and
recycling collection for about 100,000 homes and 4,500 businesses. Solid Waste &
Recycling also manages contracts for the City’s 800-acre landfill and a gas-to-energy
facility. The landfill accepts nearly 1 million tons of waste each year. A gas-to-energy
facility extracts the landfill gas and converts it into natural gas which is enough to
power over 10,000 homes. Mulching and concrete recycling diverts from the landfill
about 213,000 tons of concrete and over 50,000 cubic yards of green waste annually.
In FY 2024, the landfill gross revenues totaled about $6.6 million, and the landfill gas-
to-energy facility generated nearly $1.3 million in revenue for the City.

Communication and Legislative Affairs has divisions in Executive Support, City Secretary’s Office, Vital Statistics,
Office of Communication, Action Center, and Intergovernmental Relations. Due to the varying types of work, Communication
and Legislative Affairs collaborates with departments throughout the City for communication efforts, open records requests,
customer service, intergovernmental relations, City Council agenda management, legal postings, revenue enhancement,
records management, administration for boards and commissions, and management of special projects. The department also
directly serves the City Manager’s Office and the Office of Mayor and Council.

The Communication and Legislative Affairs Department not only facilitates interdepartmental projects to enhance cooperation
within the organization, but also takes the lead in connecting City government to Arlington’s residents through City Council
meetings, city-wide and district-specific tele-townhalls, social media, the City’s website, answering calls from residents on a
variety of topics and writing articles that tell the story of the work that the organization does.

The City's Intergovernmental Relations Division develops the state and federal legislative agendas, monitors legislation and
activities at the state and federal levels, collaborates with other local governments and non-governmental organizations on area
legislative needs and projects, and manages the City's legislative consultants.

FY 2026 Proposed Budget and Business Plan 10 City of Arlington, Texas