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Administration seeks $32.4 million for Buildings & General Services; lawmakers press cash-vs.-bond choices for major maintenance
Summary
At a Jan. 30 committee briefing, Buildings and General Services officials described a $32.4 million two‑year capital ask for FY26–27 and defended the use of roughly $8 million in cash for major maintenance while answering questions about project selection, contingency limits and contractor capacity.
Buildings and General Services requested $32.4 million for Section 2 of the governor’s proposed capital budget for fiscal years 2026–27, and committee members pressed agency officials about how much of that total is proposed as cash versus bonded debt and how projects will be selected and executed.
Commissioner Mullaney, Commissioner, Buildings and General Services, opened the briefing by telling the committee the request covers two fiscal years and that the amounts in the packet are estimates tied to each project’s stage. “Section 2 is the Agency of Administration, but it is really the Department of Buildings and General Services,” Mullaney said, and “the sum of 32,400,000 is the total amount requested for fiscal year 2627 to be appropriated to BGS.”
Nut graf: The committee focused on the administration’s decision to propose a mix of bonded and cash funding, including roughly $23.5 million in bonding and approximately $8 million in cash for major maintenance. Members sought detail on the administration’s rationale for using cash for short‑term…
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