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Black Hawk County outlines $million-scale facilities projects, seeks courthouse security changes
Summary
Facilities Director outlined capital requests including Sycamore shop repairs (~$300,000), a $52,500 elevator repair at Pinecrest, a proposed 68 kW solar array for the new VA center (~$200,000 before incentives), IT relocation and board-office redesign, and a plan to shift courthouse security to deputy staffing.
Black Hawk County Facilities Director Rory (last name not specified) presented a wide-ranging capital request and facilities update during the board’s Jan. 28 budget work session, asking supervisors to consider projects that include structural repairs to the newly acquired Sycamore shop, repair and code updates to a Pinecrest elevator, a proposed solar array for a planned Veterans Affairs center, IT office relocation and a possible courthouse interior renovation, plus a proposal to change courthouse security staffing.
Rory told the board the Sycamore shop — a former towing facility the county bought for just over $300,000 — needs a near-complete electrical and mechanical overhaul to meet code, plus new overhead doors, masonry repairs and a sprinkler system if heavy equipment (vehicles over 10,000 pounds) will be stored there. “The electrical in that building is an…
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