Mission Statement

The Department of General Services (DGS) proactively serves the diverse business and service requirements of all County departments, providing a single point of government-to-government service, enabling departments to successfully complete their respective missions, and thereby, adding value to the services performed by Montgomery County to County residents.

Budget Overview

The total approved FY25 Operating Budget for the Department of General Services is $50,598,882, an increase of $3,157,398 or 6.66 percent from the FY24 Approved Budget of $47,441,484. Personnel Costs comprise 43.08 percent of the budget for 237 full-time position(s) and no part-time position(s), and a total of 173.30 FTEs. Total FTEs may include seasonal or temporary positions and may also reflect workforce charged to or from other departments or funds. Operating Expenses account for the remaining 56.92 percent of the FY25 budget.

In addition, this department's Capital Improvements Program (CIP) requires Current Revenue funding.

County Priority Outcomes

While this program area supports all eight of the County Result Areas, the following are emphasized:

• A Growing Economy
• A Greener County
• Effective, Sustainable Government

Program Performance Measures

Performance measures for this department are included below (where applicable), with multi-program measures displayed at the front of this section and program-specific measures shown with the relevant program. The FY24 estimates reflect funding based on the FY24 approved budget. The FY25 and FY26 figures are performance targets based on the FY25 approved budget and funding for comparable service levels in FY26.

Innovations and Productivity Improvements

• Continuing the lighting and lighting control upgrades and monitoring-based commissioning of facilities to reduce energy use and improve efficiency.

• Initiating a Virtual Commissioning program for future Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) in buildings in conjunction with Pepco to reduce energy use and improve efficiency.

  
  

• Performing a feasibility study of the Oaks Landfill in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Protection to determine the viability of potential solar and hydrogen production on site.

  
  

• Initiating the construction of a large solar array and battery system at the Equipment, Maintenance, and Transit Operations Center (EMTOC) facility to produce solar energy and support green hydrogen production in support of the County initiative to move to a zero-emissions bus fleet.
• Continuing the affordable housing initiative, AHC Inc. was selected as a partner to redevelop the former Department of Recreation headquarters property with 195 for-sale and rental housing units affordable to households earning between 30% and 70% of the area median income (AMI). This project has come to completion and a groundbreaking ceremony was held in January 2023. This project is the County's largest-ever affordable housing project.
• Building on the County Executive's commitment to expand affordable housing in the County, the Office of Planning and Development continue to refine a plan to redevelop the Burtonsville Park & Ride site. This will include a new County-owned parking garage and approximately 300 apartments, of which 30% will be affordable for households earning between 30% and 85% of the AMI. In FY23, the office received a State grant to support the project.
• Collaborating with the multifamily developer, Montgomery Housing Partnership, on development agreements and refining concept plans for locating the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center (WACC) in a future affordable multifamily building within Wheaton Arts and Entertainment District. WACC will be a community-oriented arts incubator that will include performance spaces, classrooms, gallery space, and administrative space for local arts organizations.

Program Descriptions

  Administration

The Administration program provides services in three key areas: 1) The Director's Office provides overall leadership for the department including policy development, strategic planning, emergency preparedness and operations, accountability, service integration, performance measures, and customer service; 2) The Office of Planning and Development in the Director's Office supports the County...

  Central Duplicating, Imaging, Archiving, & Mail Services

This is an Internal Service fund program that provides timely and efficient document management to County Government through high-speed digital printing services, graphic design, electronic publishing, high-speed color digital printing, full-service bindery, large format and banner printing, digital imaging, and electronic and physical archiving of County records. The program administers...

  Real Estate Program

This program provides for leasing, site acquisition/disposition, space management, and site evaluation. The leasing function recommends, plans, coordinates, implements, and administers the leasing of real property for both revenue and expense leases, including closed school facilities, at the best economic and operational value to the County. Site acquisition is the...

  Energy and Sustainability

The Energy and Sustainability (ES) program is responsible for facilitating comprehensive energy and sustainability strategies across County operations. It leads the County's green government programs which crosscuts County departments and DGS divisions. Specifically, ES supports, implements, or facilitates programs to improve energy efficiency, expand clean energy use, promote sustainable sites,...

  Facilities Management

The Division of Facilities Management's mission is to provide the comprehensive planning and delivery of maintenance services and oversight of building-related operations at County facilities used by County staff and residents. Components of these programs are: routine, preventive, and corrective maintenance; custodial and housekeeping, grounds maintenance, recycling, and trash removal...

  Building Design and Construction

This program provides for the overall management of the department's Capital Improvements Program (CIP) for facilities. This program includes the comprehensive, timely, economic, and environmentally efficient planning, design, and construction of buildings for County use, as well as public venues owned by the County. This program also provides comprehensive architectural...