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Public Safety Commission hears urgent facilities report citing $231 million backlog
Summary
The Public Safety Commission received a facilities update from Chief Jason Hester outlining a large deferred-maintenance backlog, aging buildings, and current projects including a crash‑rated campus fence and the Williamson County training academy.
The Public Safety Commission on April heard a detailed facilities briefing showing an extensive deferred‑maintenance backlog across the Department of Public Safety portfolio.
Jason Hester, chief of infrastructure operations for the Texas Department of Public Safety, told commissioners the agency manages about 2,500,000 owned square feet across 270 owned buildings and an additional nearly 800,000 square feet in leased space. He said the average building age is 41 years and many systems are at or beyond expected life.
"We run things to failure, and then we gotta fix it," Hester said, describing the department's current approach when funding and capital authority are…
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