Assignment
Assignment: Capital Improvement Plan
A capital improvement plan is a long-term spending plan that focuses on high-cost, nonroutine purchases. The plan typically identifies immediate and existing capital projects, and assesses future capital needs over several fiscal years. A needs assessment is critical in the creation of a capital improvement plan. Showing high- and low-priority capital needs pinpoints the most pressing expenditures. Additionally, identifying positive benefits in previous capital projects allows for justification for new capital projects.
To prepare for this assignment:
• Review Chapter 4 in your course text, The Basics of Public Budgeting and Financial Management, and consider questions you might ask when justifying expenses related to a capital improvement plan.
• Review the case scenario provided in the Learning Resources and think about the capital improvements needed for the police department profiled in the case.
• Consider the expenditures in the plan and whether or not they are justified and beneficial.
• Focus on matters such as legal mandates, hazards, legislative or executive goals, efficiency, standards of service, economic development, new services, quality-of-life issues, and convenience issues.
• Consider at least one way to fund the capital improvement plan without using general funds.
The assignment (2 pages):
• Develop a new capital improvement plan for the case scenario provided. In your plan include the following:
o Prioritize capital improvement needs and identify the fiscal year in which they each should be funded (FY 1-5).
o Write a project description justifying expenditures in the plan and explain why they are beneficial.
o Identify one of the following in your justification: legal mandates, hazards, legislative or executive goals, efficiency, standards of service, economic development, new services, quality-of-life issues, and convenience issues.
o Explain at least one way to fund the capital improvement plan without using general funds.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.