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Subcommittee reviews House Bill 5 priorities, staff seeks bundling guidance and threshold change
Summary
The subcommittee reviewed prioritized major repair and capital projects in House Bill 5, with Department of Administration staff asking legislators to consider bundling and to raise the single-project major-repair threshold (from '150' to '300' as cited). No votes were taken; the committee will forward recommendations to the full committee.
The House subcommittee reviewed House Bill 5 on statewide capital development and major repair priorities and spent the morning hearing detailed presentations from Department of Administration staff about project rankings, statutory requirements and implementation challenges.
Russ Katherman, administrator for the Architecture and Engineering Division, told members the law requires projects be listed by building, purpose and estimated cost and pointed to the statute he cited in the record when explaining the division’s organization of the submission. Katherman said the administration is open to "bundling" projects if the legislature provides clear sideboards or prioritization instructions to aid implementation.
Randy Stevens, planning manager, walked the committee through the major repair priorities the division recommends. He described MR01 — a life-safety package for Montana Hall — as the top priority at Montana State University and said the campus system submitted dozens of projects…
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