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Lawmakers press agencies on deferred maintenance, transportation funding gaps and higher‑ed needs; Moody’s says Minnesota credit remains AAA
Summary
A multi‑agency panel on Feb. 11 told the Senate Capital Investment Committee that deferred maintenance across state facilities and infrastructure remains large, and lawmakers criticized the governor’s budget for not including local road and bridge dollars.
A multi‑agency panel on Feb. 11 put a spotlight on deferred maintenance across state facilities and infrastructure, and members of the Senate Capital Investment Committee pressed officials about the absence of local road and bridge funding in the governor’s capital proposal.
Nancy Freeman, chief operating officer for Direct Care and Treatment at the Department of Human Services, testified that DCT owns about 185 buildings (over 3,000,000 square feet) with a replacement value just above $1 billion and a deferred maintenance backlog of roughly $183 million (as of Sept. 1). Her division requested $11.43 million in asset preservation; Freeman said the agency frequently uses operating dollars for emergency repairs and that dozens of group homes are in poor or crisis condition.
Alice Roberts Davis, vice president for…
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