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Geary County staff outline 2025 CIP funding: $2.7M available, $423,185 in proposed projects
Summary
At a CIP work session, staff said $3.7M exists on paper but $2.7M is available after reserves; they presented $423,185 in project requests, signaled a $970,000 2026 request horizon and raised the possibility of tax increases to meet long-term CIP goals.
Speaker 2, identified in the record as the presenter for the Capital Improvement Program work session, told commissioners "It is the CIP work session for 2025" and walked through the packet of documents showing starting balances, receipts and expenditures.
Staff said the ledger shows $3,700,000 before reserves and that, after subtracting CIP reserves, rolling gears, EMS/ambulance rebuilds and election reserves, "$2,700,000.0" remains available for projects. Speaker 2 said the items presented for consideration in the meeting "totaled $423,185" and that the CIP budget authority is $6,500,000.
The presentation flagged several specific proposals: a heavy-duty truck replacement for Public Works, new grant-match and placement-assessment requests introduced by "Jeremy" that would require local match dollars, and a sheriff's office camera hardware/software request that staff said would return for fourth-quarter approval. On the grant-match topic, Speaker 2 said a line item tied to "SS 4" shows "$458,094" in the information report and that staff moved those amounts toward road reserves where appropriate.
Staff emphasized a planning constraint for 2026: "we are not transferring anything in 2026," Speaker 2 said, adding that the county will rely on monthly interest, loan receipts and grant proceeds. Speaker 2 also noted a projection that about $970,000 in requests are anticipated for 2026 and framed a policy choice for commissioners: if they are not "willing to increase taxes," they must prioritize which requests to fund.
On the sheriff's camera request, Speaker 2 said an earlier request for "$31,000" was adjusted after staff identified other grant sources (referred to in the transcript as "grama dollars"). An amount appears in the audio as "10,341,000," but the recording is unclear about that figure and staff did not provide a written clarification in the packet.
The session included brief procedural checks and then opened to public comments. No formal motions or votes on the CIP items were recorded in the transcript; staff left action items for further consideration and potential follow-up.
