Jamestown’s new fleet maintenance building project is out of money.

City Council members will discuss a request from Ericka Thomas, city comptroller, to borrow an additional $1.7 million to finish work on the building. Cost overruns on the project were discussed last July, but were at the time about $389,000 over the original budget. The council is being asked to renew its 2024 bond anticipation note with additional borrowing for the building.

Work yet to be done to complete the project include parking lot repairs and concrete ($112,000), landscaping and tree planting ($6,000), a security gate and fence ($70,000), furniture and shelving ($28,216.22), vehicle lifts ($195,000), an overhead crane ($175,00), an oil storage system ($64,000), a carbon monoxide detection system ($10,458.95) and $39,324.83 in miscellaneous costs.

“We have exhausted all the current BAN funds for these projects,” Thomas wrote in her memo to the council included in the agenda for Monday’s meeting. “In order to complete the Fleet Maintenance Building project and replenish the General Fund, an additional $1,740,081 needs to be added to the BAN renewal in May 2024. The new BAN amount would be $6,348,081 in total. The amount takes into consideration the Fiscal Restructuring Board grant of $1,000,000 that the city has not yet received.”

The $1 million in Fiscal Restructuring Board money has been included in the fleet maintenance facility’s building budget, but is unlikely to be received until the project is finished. If the city does not receive that $1 million, then Thomas said the city will have to include the money in a 2025 renewal of the bond anticipation note.

The bond anticipation note was also originally supposed to include several other projects, including $1.5 million to improve city parking garages and $225,441 in other city facility improvements. Those projects, according to Thomas’ memo, have not been done.

“Those other projects have been placed on hold at this time, subject to review again in 2025,” Thomas wrote in a spreadsheet note on the fleet maintenance building budget.

Council members will also discuss changes to the lease between Jamestown Community Baseball and the city for use of Russell E. Diethrick Park. According to the staff report on the new lease, Jamestown Community Baseball approached the city about changing both the rent and the length of time each summer that the stadium will be used. Jamestown Community Baseball also wants to extend the lease. The change will result in lower rent for the team.

“Jamestown Community Baseball has been in a somewhat complicated lease agreement, providing a higher base lease payment but receiving various incentive credits against the annual lease payments for a number of items,” the memo states. “Since COVID, there have been a number of changes surrounding Jamestown Baseball and they desire to shorten the amount of time they lease the stadium and go to a flat rate lease payment more in line with other baseball clubs and stadiums throughout the state.”

Council members will also hear full reports on three ordinances that were discussed briefly last week by members of the Housing Committee. The full council will hear more about a vacant property ordinance, a rental inspection ordinance and a nuisance ordinance. Crystal Surdyk, city development director, told council members last week that the vacant property and nuisance ordinances could be ready for a council vote by the March voting session while the rental inspection ordinance will need more time.