To provide innovative approaches and outstanding customer service while delivering a clean, sanitary and safe environment in a cost efficient manner. To prepare and maintain campus facilities for instructional, student services, athletic and approved special events.
The Custodial Department is currently cleaning 559,839 square feet of space with a staff of 23.5 custodians and 1 support technician. Once the Welding & Manufacturing Building and Kinesiology & Athletic Performance Center and new Press Box are completed in September 2019, the Custodial Department will have an increase of 53,536 square feet to clean. This group also provides event support. Additional duties include furniture, assembly and moving, recycling, waste management and archives support.
Hire One Custodian I (40 hours, 12 months) at Skyway Center
Hiring the additional custodian has helped maintain adequate care of the Skyway Center. The recruitment for this position began in March 2019. The plan is to fill the position June or July 2019.
The annual unit plan serves as the Custodial Department's Program Review.
The following are goals from the previous strategic plan and program review and the current status:
• Provide training to promote the safety and efficiency of the work force. Ongoing, funds requested, denied.
• Continue a systematic program to replace and upgrade the custodial equipment and vehicles. Ongoing.
• Analyze workloads and reorganize work assignments to optimize employee efficiency. Ongoing, 55% completed.
• Seek an increase in the budget for custodial substitutes. Ongoing, funds requested, denied.
• Organize to maximize the retention of institutional knowledge. Ongoing.
• Investigate outside sources – the leaders of this department will search and pursue outside resources such as grants, training programs, etc. Ongoing.
• Increase the diversion rate of our waste stream by 2% in 2019. Ongoing.
o Continue and expand recycle audit program using student employees. Ongoing.
• Continue use of green cleaning products and procedures. Ongoing.
• Continue inspections of cleanliness levels and benchmark against state and national sister institutions. Completed. Inspections are being conducted as needed.
• Install carpet in lieu of hard floors in classrooms and corridors in the Chico Center Student Lounge and the entrance cooridor in Allied Health Public Service Center South Building. Ongoing.
• Employ and train students. Provide internships whenever possible. Ongoing. Funding has been requested denied. If not funded, we pay not be able to employ students.
• Increase additional staff to meet the increase square footage. Ongoing.
Strategy 1 - Training
Provide training to promote safety and efficiency of the work force. Provide cross training within the area and provide in-house promotion opportunity to keep institutional knowledge within the department.
Training of personnel allows the employees to be more efficient and safe in their daily activities and enables them to serve the campus community to higher level.
Strategy 2 - Green Cleaning
Continue to implement and expand green cleaning practices.
Green cleaning practices promote campus health and sustainability because substances used are sustainable, non-toxic and non-butyl with low VOCs.
Strategy 3 - Student Employment/Internship
Employ and train students and provide internships whenever possible.
Research has shown that students who are employed on campus have a much higher rate of success in their academic careers.
Strategy 4 - Workload Analysis
Analyze workloads and reorganize work assignments to optimize employee efficiency.
As conditions change and new square footage is added, work assignments may become unbalanced. Analysis and reorganization will optimize employee effectiveness.
Strategy 5 - Inspections
Continue to implement standardized inspections to measure cleaning service levels using the APPA standards to benchmark against state and national sister institutions.
Accurate measurement will allow more effective management of custodial operations.
Strategy 6 - Equipment Replacement
Continue a systematic program to replace and upgrade the custodial equipment.
Equipment has a finite life and requires replacement on a regular basis.
Strategy 7 - Vehicle Replacement
Continue the vehicle replacement program.
Total current fleet is eight vehicles. Three gas vehicles were purchased in the mid-80s to mid-90s and one electric vehicle was purchased in the early 2000s and have exceed their life expectancy. Replacement value of vehicle fleet is $90K with the average expected life of 10 years.
Strategy 8 - Substitutes
Increase the budget for custodial substitutes.
When a custodian is absent a substitute is required. On average each custodian accrues 96 hours of vacation and 96 hours of sick leave annually. Cost for substitutes for this amount of time is $64K.
Strategy 9 - Waste
Increase the diversion rate of our waste stream by 10% in 2019.
In efforts to support the District's sustainability initiatives the custodial department will work with the campus through education and implementation of recycling programs and waste management. This will also reduce our waste disposal cost as our diversion rates increase.
Strategy 10 - Evaluate Position Classifications
Evaluate custodial position classification to ensure a match with the departmental needs.
The current classifications are old and in need of updating.
Strategy 11 - Staffing Level
Increase the staffing and equipment of Custodial Services to meet the increase square footage.
Current staffing level is inadequate to provide appropriate custodial services for the increase square footage.
Strategy 12 - Custodial Supplies
Increase supply budget in Custodial Services to meet the increase program size of Welding & Manufacturing and Kinesiology & Athletic Performance Center.
Due to the significant usage increase at the of the Welding/Manufacturing and Kinesiology programs, additional cleaning and lavatory supplies are needed.
Need assistance from Human Resources to evaluate current classifications.
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| Original Priority | Program, Unit, Area | Resource Type | Account Number | Object Code | One Time Augment | Ongoing Augment |
| Description | Supporting Rationale | Potential Alternative Funding Sources | Prioritization Criteria | |||
| 1 | Custodial Services | Personnel | 110002101653000 | 52130 | $0.00 | $63,388.00 |
| Hire One Custodian I (40 hours, 12 months) | Due to the significant increase in 53,536 square footage and significant usage increase of Welding & Manufacturing and Kinesiology & Athletic Performance Center, additional custodial support is needed to maintain adequate care of the facility. |
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| 2 | Custodial Services | Operating Expenses | 110002101653000 | $0.00 | $6,650.00 | |
| Increase Budget for Waste Disposal and Hazardous Waste and Pathogen Materials | Due to the significant increase in waste disposal, and hazardous waste and pathogen materials by instructional programs, additional funds is needed to cover the increase in cost. |
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| 3 | Custodial Services | Operating Expenses | 110002101653000 | 54500 | $0.00 | $3,500.00 |
| Increase Budget for Cleaning and Lavatory Supplies | Due to Welding & Manufacturing and Kinesiology & Athletic Performance Center coming online and the All Gender Restroom at the Chico Center, additional cleaning and lavatory supplies are needed. |
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| 4 | Custodial Services | Personnel | 110002101653000 | 52130 | $0.00 | $6,114.00 |
| Upgrade one Custodian I position to Custodian II | Upgrade one Custodian I position to Custodian II to support workload and activities at all of the off-campus sites to include Cosmetology and Barbering Center, Glenn Center, Skyway Center and Chico Center. |
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| 5 | Custodial Services | Personnel | 110002101653000 | 52330 | $0.00 | $20,000.00 |
| Substitutes for Vacation and Sick Leaves | When a custodian is absent a substitute is required. Our current budget covers 6 months of substitute work. An additional $20K is needed to cover through the fiscal year. |
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| 6 | Custodial Services | Personnel | 110002101653000 | 52368 | $0.00 | $29,959.00 |
| Hire Two Student Assistants for Recycling | Much research has shown that students who are employed on campus have a much higher rate of success in their academic careers. Target is two students for recycling program. If not funded, recycling services will be eliminated. |
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| 7 | Custodial Services | Equipment | 110002101653000 | $15,000.00 | $0.00 | |
| Replace District Moving Van | Replace District Moving Van. This vehicle is used campus wide for graduation, Spring Gala, all I.T. equipment, and surplus and building furniture and equipment transfer due to new constructional and remodels. |
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