b'Facilities ManagementMission StatementThe Facility Management Department is dedicated to providing attractive, accessible, safe, and well-planned governmentfacilities to support the mission and goals of Beaufort County. All eorts of the department are service-based and superiorservice is an essential component and goal of all departmental undertakings.Goals and ObjectivesImplement the Facilities Master Plan: The three-part study includes a comprehensive facility condition assessments,space needs analysis and facilities master plan for 70 facilities and 46 County departments. Facilities Management willusethisPlanastheguidingprincipalindecisionmakingforpreservationandexpansionofCountybuildingandproperties.Energy Management: Reduce our energy consumption with the replacement of energy-ecient HVAC units, lightingsystems, and improved building envelopes.Department DescriptionFacilityManagementDepartmentincludestheFacilitiesMaintenanceDepartment,whichiscomprisedoftwenty(20)employees.FacilityManagementprovidescontractmanagementandprojectmanagementforfacilityimprovementsandrenovations, annual inspections of the building life safety systems such as re alarm systems, re sprinkler systems, reextinguishers, and backow devices, and provides contract management for facility custodial contract, pesticide and termiteprotectionservices.OurMaintenanceDepartmentprovidesservicesthatincludebutarenotlimitedtorepairsandreplacement of HVAC systems, electrical/lighting systems, plumbing systems, painting, and carpentry services for 104 Countyowed buildings and facilities. In FY 2023, Facilities Management Department was reorganized within the leadership of theCapital Projects Team.Performance MeasuresUtilization of the PubWorks maintenance software program for the management of all service requests; FacilitiesMaintenance responded to over 2,000 service requests in 2023.Through energy conservation eorts we have, over the last several years, reduced electrical consumption byapproximately three percent (3%).Extended life expectancy of County facilities through a preventative maintenance system.Budget Highlights and Special NotesImplementation of the Facilities Master Plan.Implementation of the Boat Landing Study.Coordination with Capital Projects Department with the implementation of Capital Projects.Expenditures Summary$6,624,419 -$548,847(-7.65% vs. prior year)Beaufort County, SC | Budget Book 2024 Page 246'