General Services
Overview
Mission Statement
To provide a wide variety of services to County departments, such as facilities maintenance, construction management, fleet services, and the central purchasing division.
Department Overview
The General Services Department (GSD) provides facilities maintenance, construction management, fleet services, central purchasing, and administrative support to the County Fire Department. Additionally, the department supports staffing the Energy Commission and working with County departments to implement energy efficiency and conservation projects and practices.
Budget Summary
Department Budget Overview
Budget Summary of Changes
The GSD budget is transitioning from a General Fund department to an Internal Service Fund (ISF). This change will allow GSD to support and maintain facility needs, including preventative maintenance and deferred maintenance, as well as charge based upon service levels required and received. Additionally, the budget reflects the transfer of Capital Projects and Real Property from the Community Development and Infrastructure Department to GSD. This transition adds 10.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions that are supported by charges for services to various capital projects that includes 1.0 FTE Director of Capital Projects, 1.0 FTE Chief Real Property Agent, 1.0 FTE Real Property Agent, 2.0 FTE Assistant Real Property Agents and 4.0 FTE Project Managers. The budget also adds 1.0 FTE Departmental Fiscal Officer and reflects the mid-year addition of 1.0 FTE Senior Accounting Technician for in-house CalFIRE support (10/17/23) and 7.0 FTE positions (11/14/23) to support the transferred workload associated with new facilities like the South County Government Center: 1.0 FTE Building Equipment Mechanic, 1.0 FTE Building Maintenance Worker II, 1.0 FTE Custodial Supervisor, 1.0 FTE Lead Custodian, 2.0 FTE Custodian, 1.0 FTE Office Assistant. The department will provide the Board with mid-year staffing changes to support the transfer in of the Capital Projects and Real Property programs.
Adopted Budget Summary of Changes
The Adopted Budget reduces $702,176 in expenditures from $1,090,562 in reduced expenditures from 2024-25 concluding budget actions, offset by an increase of $388,386 in 2023-24 unspent contract expenditures that continue into 2024-25.
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Department Operations and Performance
Budget Details
The charts below show department expenditures and revenues by division and service. Click on the pie charts to drill down for more detail. Complete detail can be found on the County's Transparency Portal.
Expenses by Service
Expenses and Revenues over time
Personnel Details
The chart below provides the department personnel detail by division, service, and classification.