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Commission debates $22.5M capital package; courthouse funding approved, ambulance plan sent back for revision
Summary
After hours of debate, the Giles County Commission approved funding direction for courthouse Phase 1 (including HVAC) but rejected the ambulance building as presented; the ambulance and a proposed satellite station were sent back to building committees for further work and the countywide water study was referred to the public service committee.
The Giles County Commission debated a bundled capital resolution (2025-16) that grouped multiple capital projects — courthouse Phase 1 and HVAC upgrades, a new ambulance building, a proposed satellite station, and a countywide water-distribution study — and asked the commission to indicate whether it wished to pursue funding for each project.
The resolution presenter told commissioners the package totaled more than $20 million in preliminary estimates and that the vote before the full commission was to accept the committee‑level project proposals for further funding work, not to bind final design or bid awards. He said each project still would face further design, committee refinement and a subsequent vote on funding…
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