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Overlap between expense and capital budgets and challenges with DDC project management
1:02:51
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Council Member Rivera inquires about the overlap between expense and capital budgets and challenges with DDC project management. Dennis Walcott responds, highlighting broader bureaucratic issues.
- Rivera acknowledges that expense and capital budgets are not entirely separate, especially for emergencies.
- Walcott explains that while they have some successful projects with DDC, issues extend beyond just DDC.
- The bureaucracy involves multiple entities, including OMB and bonding processes.
- Walcott emphasizes that efficiency improvements are needed across various components to achieve cheaper and more timely projects.
Carlina Rivera
1:02:51
No.
1:02:52
And I I appreciate that.
1:02:54
That's my questions with expense and capital.
1:02:57
Sometimes we make it seem like they're entirely separate, and they don't actually overlap, but you need the the budget to make sense, especially in in terms of emergencies.
1:03:07
I mean, how many of the system's capital projects are delayed due to issues with d d c's project management?
1:03:15
And do you if do you have any solutions to offer to reduce the delays with d d c managed capital projects?
Dennis Walcott
1:03:24
So I'll respond this way and I'll try to keep my language in a way that represents the head of a library system and not someone else.
1:03:35
We have a great project going on with DDC right now that we'll be able to achieve the timeline that's been projected.
1:03:44
And the other piece I want to add to that is that it's not just DDC.
1:03:49
When we talk about the bureaucracy and trying to make it lean, also involves OMB, it involves bonding, it involves a whole host of different issues that impact the either repair of a library or the building of a new library or the expansion of a library.
1:04:06
And so d d d d c gets a lot of the heat, but it's deeper than a d d c issue.
1:04:12
I think it's a variety of components that would make us more efficient in our ability to both have a cheaper project and a more timely project.