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Planning commission reviews county capital improvement priorities; major projects pushed to later years
Summary
County staff presented the draft Capital Improvement Plan for FY2010–FY2014, reporting schedule shifts on the jail, a $2.6 million radio coverage project tied to state towers, airport environmental clearance and runway timing, and funding earmarks for agricultural preservation and mitigation accounts.
St. Mary's County planning staff presented an update to the county's Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) during the Planning Commission meeting Oct. 26, 2009, laying out schedule changes and funding updates for multiple projects including the jail expansion, radio system coverage, airport improvements and FDR Boulevard property acquisitions.
The CIP update matters because it sets the county's capital spending and bond timing across departments; several large projects were deferred or rephased after changes in state and federal funding and to coordinate with bond sales.
Elaine Kramer, who presented the CIP, told the commission the list in the county budget book reflects a number of projects moved later “because the design hasn't progressed as far as the construction funding” and because the county timed changes to support bond sales. Kramer said some projects were “pushed out” rather than removed from the program.
On the county jail, staff said design work is under way and the project was rescheduled into FY2011 for…
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