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Committee probes corrections capital requests as costs rise; members consider trimming HVAC request
Summary
Members of the Corrections & Institutions Committee reviewed capital-bill line items for corrections facilities, flagged higher-than-expected cost estimates and unspent cash and bonded dollars, and discussed trimming a proposed $5 million HVAC request for FY26 to $4 million pending updated bids and cost information.
Members of the Corrections & Institutions Committee spent much of a session reviewing corrections-related capital line items, questioning why some projects show sizable remaining cash while others now show higher cost estimates and no contractor responses.
Committee discussion opened with the archive roof replacement line, where members noted prior appropriations and the cash remaining for that project. Committee members reported approximately $921,000 remaining on a $2 million line for one roof item and said about $79,000 had been spent on design work previously. Members pressed staff for whether design funds or other prior appropriations would cover FY26 work and sought clarity on what the remaining balances had funded.
The committee shifted to a larger discussion of HVAC upgrades and replacements…
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