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Committee amends proposal: public works to handle long-term facilities planning rather than creating ad hoc committee
Summary
After debate, the Executive & Finance committee amended a motion and agreed to recommend that the Public Works standing committee assume long-range county facilities planning instead of forming a new ad hoc facilities committee; the amendment will go to the full county board for approval.
The committee discussed a proposal to create an ad hoc county facilities committee to coordinate long-range planning for county buildings and campus reconfiguration. Committee members and staff said multiple standing committees were already discussing building issues and that one centralized entity would help, but several members suggested assigning the responsibility to the existing Public Works standing committee instead of creating an additional committee.
A motion to amend the proposal to designate the Public Works committee as responsible for long-range facilities planning passed by voice vote. Supporters said public-works staff already handle building infrastructure and that the standing committee could absorb the work after short-term campus decisions are made; others expressed concern about adding another ongoing committee to supervisors' workloads.
The amended recommendation — to charge Public Works with county facilities planning — will be forwarded to the full county board for further consideration and formal adoption.
