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Delegates press county officials on Cove project funding, lab TOC analyzer as finance committee recommends amended FY26 capital budget
Summary
Delegates questioned whether the Cove expansion would require county funds if grants fail and raised cost‑recovery concerns about a new TOC analyzer at the county lab; the finance committee later recommended the capital budget ordinance with amendments removing the finance office renovation and the TOC analyzer purchase.
Assistant County Administrator Vera Haric and other county staff briefed the Assembly of Delegates on Feb. 19 about the proposed fiscal year 2026 capital budget and answered detailed questions about two contested items: a proposed $7.2 million Cove facility renovation and a $62,000 TOC (total organic carbon) analyzer for the county laboratory.
Delegates asked how the Cove project would be funded if federal or state grants and private donations did not materialize. Haric and County Administrator Dutton said the current plan does not contemplate county funds for the $7.2 million renovation; the county earlier appropriated $750,000 for preliminary work, of which $140,000 has been…
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