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Board directs $100,000 added to FY26 CIP for county attorney expansion and ADA work
Summary
The board amended the fiscal 2026 capital improvement plan to allocate roughly $100,000 of additional funds into two projects: an expansion for the county attorney's office and increased ADA improvements tied in part to the county's winter weather overflow shelter project.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors amended its five-year capital improvement plan Jan. 31 to add roughly $100,000 to fiscal 2026 projects, reallocating recently approved budget offers into two specific projects.
Darren Gage, director of policy and administration, told the board he amended the previously approved five-year CIP only for fiscal 2026 and allocated the additional funds into two projects. “For fiscal 26 the way that I allocated that additional $100,000 is into 2 projects,” Gage said.
Gage said the first allocation goes to project 2021 CP7, an ongoing county attorney office expansion. The project has a carryover balance of about $333,000; Gage recommended adding roughly $75,000 to start design work and to prepare a new courtroom on the first floor and to convert Courtroom 3B on the third floor into office space to accommodate an approved additional felony attorney.
“The next step is for us to do some preparation of another courtroom on the First Floor and then take over what is Courtroom 3B on the Third Floor,” Gage said. He added the additional funds “will certainly give us enough to get an architect on board, start the project, and start doing some work on the new courtroom on First Floor.” Gage said the total remaining carryover for that project is approximately $334,000 and that the scope has increased since original approval.
The second allocation increases ADA accessibility improvements from $100,000 to $125,000. Gage said $100,000 of the ADA funding is exclusively allocated to the winter weather overflow shelter project and that the additional $25,000 provides cushion for potential change orders and allows for at least one small ADA project in the county administrative building if approved.
A motion to approve the fiscal 2026 CIP as listed for $1,290,000 carried unanimously, according to the meeting transcript.
Ending: Board members said they would allow departments to apply through the usual CIP process for out years and would not carry the extra $100,000 forward across the five-year plan; staff will proceed with initial design and ADA work as funding permits.
