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 athletic and approved special events.
The Custodial Department is currently cleaning 580,684 square feet of space with a staff of 22.5 custodians and 1 support technician. This group also provides event support. Additional duties include furniture moving, recycling, waste management and archives support.
Increase three 10-month positions to 12-month positions
Deep cleaning occurs during the summer break. Full-time staff was needed to adequately provide this level of cleaning. This augmentation increases the deep cleaning time by 960 hours.
The following are Administrative Unit Outcomes for the Custodial Department:
The Custodial Department supports the college in meeting its student achievement standards by providing innovative approaches and outstanding customer service while delivering a clean, sanitary and safe environment in a cost efficient manner. While we are not directly involved with students earning degrees and certificates, we provide support indirect by fostering an environment conducive to student learning and achievement. The Custodial Department prepares and maintains campus facilities for athletic and approved special events.
The Custodial Department supports the Strategic Direction and Priorities by ensuring buildings are clean, sanitary and safe for faculty, staff and students. Specifically, the Custodial Department supports student success by enhancing a culture of completion and academic achievement (Initiative 1) and supporting student, faculty and staff success (Initiative 2). This is done by providing a safe, clean environment for the campus community.
In addition, the Custodial Department educates the campus community about the sustainable cleaning products we use and we inform the campus about our recyling efforts during Earth Day each year. This supports Strategic Initiative 5.
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:
In addition to providing outstanding customer service while delivering a clean, sanitary and safe environment in a cost efficient manner, the Custodial Department goals for the year are as follows:
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, 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 - Electric Hand Dryers
Continue the installation of electric hand dryers in lieu of paper towels in restrooms.
Electric hand dryers are more cost effective than purchasing and disposing of the paper towels. Electric hand dryers may provide enhanced services to the campus community at a lower cost.
Strategy 7 - 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 8 - Vehicle Replacement
Continue the vehicle replacement program.
Current fleet of five vehicles were purchase in the mid-80s and have exceed their life expectancy. Replacement value of vehicle fleet is $70K with the average expected life of 10 years.
Strategy 9 - Reorganize Staff Structure
Establish a classification between Custodian I and Custodian II.
Provide a pathway for upward mobility within the custodial department and to enhance the operations of the department.
Strategy 10 - 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 11 - Waste
Increase the diversion rate of our waste stream.
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.
Need assistance from Human Resources to create new classification.
| 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 | 52368 | $0.00 | $25,661.00 |
| 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. Cost to employ two students all year is $26,970. |
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| 2 | Custodial Services | Personnel | 110002101653000 | 52130 | $0.00 | $6,332.00 |
| Upgrade three Custodian I positions to the new classification | Provide a pathway for upward mobility within the Custodial Department and to enhance the operations of the department. |
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| 3 | Custodial Services | Personnel | 110002101653000 | 52330 | $0.00 | $42,365.00 |
| Substitutes for Vacation and Sick Leaves | 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. |
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| 4 | Custodial | Personnel | 110002101653000 | 52368 | $0.00 | $12,831.00 |
| Hire One Student Assistant for Custodial Support | Much research has shown that students who are employed on campus have a much higher rate of success in their academic careers. Target is one student for custodial support. Cost to employ one student all year is $13,485. |
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| 5 | Custodial Services | Operating Expenses | 110002101653000 | 55200 | $1,500.00 | $0.00 |
| Training | To send one staff to the Custodial Management Institute. |
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| 6 | Custodial Services | 110002101653000 | 52130 | $0.00 | $17,408.00 | |
| Hire One Part-Time Custodian I (20 hours, 11 months) | Due to the significant usage increase at the Skyway Center by Programs, additional custodial support is needed to maintain adequate care of the facility. Custodial staff is currently split between the Chico Center and Skyway Center. |
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