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Commission trims some capital projects, keeps core repairs as budget gap narrows
Summary
Grand Forks County commissioners reviewed a list of capital improvement requests, moved several lower‑priority items to future years and kept spending for urgent building repairs and IT updates while noting about $600,000 remains to be allocated.
Grand Forks County commissioners on Feb. 4 reviewed a pared list of capital improvement project requests and agreed to delay several items while keeping funding for immediate building and operations needs.
Commissioners discussed a proposed $350,000 administration match package for prospective grants, historic‑preservation work and energy grants; $75,000 for county facility carpet replacement (commissioners favored doing the south pod only for roughly $35–40,000 now and re‑evaluating the atrium next year); $15,000 to replace a rusted north employee entrance door at the courthouse; roughly $15,000 to keep an older fire‑panel card (DAC card) operational at the old jail pending a decision about the building; and a $52,000 request to replace patrol vehicle mobile computers in the sheriff's fleet.
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