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Lawmakers debate Fort Lyon heating fix; CDC split leaves JBC weighing design‑phase supplemental
Summary
Committee members and CDC split over an executive branch plan to fund Fort Lyon campus heating replacement. Lawmakers pressed for design work now but CDC tied 3–3 on a proposal; the JBC deferred a final vote and asked for more information on costs and financing.
Lawmakers at the Joint Budget Committee and the Capital Development Committee sparred over how to respond to an aging heating system at the Fort Lyon supportive residential campus, where staff say the central steam infrastructure is at significant risk of failure.
Representative Jared Story (presenting as a CDC member) and JBC analysts described a deteriorating steam system that has suffered multiple leaks since October and required emergency repairs. The Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) provided three high‑level replacement options with wide cost ranges: decentralizing electric boilers (rough order of magnitude $15.0 million; $20.0 million if solar is included), installing variable‑refrigerant‑flow systems for heating and cooling (about $20.0 million; $30.0 million with solar), or a geothermal system (rough order $42.8 million; $48.2…
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