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County fire training facility faces roughly $400,000 shortfall after site bids exceed budget
Summary
County staff and volunteer leaders told the Board of Supervisors that low construction bids and higher-than-expected site work costs have left the planned fire training facility about $400,000 short of funds previously estimated; the board discussed options but took no formal vote.
The Board of Supervisors discussed a shortfall of roughly $400,000 for a planned county fire training facility after site-work bids returned significantly higher than budget estimates.
County staff told the board that the grant for the project covers the structure only and that the county had already allocated local matching funds. “450,000 is the grant. You can only use the grant towards the structure cost,” a county staff member said during the presentation. The staff member said the most recent site-work bid was nearly $260,000 above the amount that had been budgeted for that element of the project and that the structure estimate from two years ago was about $652,000, leaving a notable gap when combined with the site-work overrun.
Volunteer leaders and fire-training committee members urged the board to preserve…
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