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Lampasas County Higher Education Center asks city for $10,000 to cover electrical trades lab shortfall
Summary
Derek Cardios of the Lampasas County Higher Education Center asked the city for a one-time $10,000 contribution after a partner pulled out of the residential wiring program, leaving the center with a roughly $30,000 fiscal-year deficit and missing lab equipment.
Derek Cardios (Representative, Lampasas County Higher Education Center) told the council the center expanded in 2024 to add a residential wiring (electrical trades) program but experienced an unexpected setback when a partner that was building the lab removed its workers and equipment. Cardios said the withdrawal delayed the program and produced unbudgeted costs that contributed to a $30,000 deficit from…
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