Middlefield CPC considers removing community-support column from capital scoring
Aug 11, 2026
Committee members questioned the value of a community-support column on the capital-project spreadsheet, noting many local needs fall below the $10,000 capital threshold; Mark Lipton will evaluate removing the column without harming scoring integrity.
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Members of the Middlefield Capital Planning Committee debated on Aug. 11 whether a community-support column should remain on the capital-project scoring spreadsheet. The concern was that many community needs fall below the committee's $10,000 threshold for capital spending and therefore may be misrepresented by a column that weights community support equally with other scoring factors.
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