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Administrative Services outlines capital-budget process, asks committee to prioritize building repairs and ERP funding
Summary
Department of Administrative Services officials described how agencies create and prioritize capital requests, urged more funding for state building repairs and an ERP modernization reserve, and detailed several projects the governor included such as an annex renovation and courthouse maintenance.
Charlie Arlinghaus, Commissioner of Administrative Services, told the House Public Works Committee the capital‑budget process begins with agency-level facility assessments and forms that roll up to the governor’s hearings. "We do 3 days of hearings and everybody gets up," Arlinghaus said, describing the binder of agency requests prepared for the governor.
Arlinghaus and Karen Rantomaki, Director of Plant and Property, described DAS’s biennial triage: agencies inspect buildings and estimate rough costs, then DAS and the governor’s office pare requests down to what can be estimated and funded. Ted Kupfer, Director of the Division of Public Works, said his team produces detailed project…
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