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Central services flags capital shortfalls; Spring Street building and jail expansion under review
Summary
Central Services and CAO staff told supervisors the county’s capital portfolio faces pressures: deferred maintenance across county-owned buildings, an aging Spring Street facility and a South Lake Tahoe jail rated poor. The CAO’s office is drawing on the accumulated capital designation and several grants, but funding remains limited.
Central Services and the chief administrative office signaled to the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 5 that the county’s building portfolio and capital plan need sustained funding and planning.
Laura Schwartz (assistant CAO) and other central-services staff summarized a consolidated facilities workload and an accumulation of capital needs. They said the county’s replacement-value building stock is approximately…
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