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Commissioners remove transfer-station work from bond, discuss EMS facility in Ellis and volunteer-finished fire storage building
Summary
Staff recommended funding a relatively small transfer-station upgrade from the solid-waste enterprise fund (estimated ~$250,000) rather than the bond; commissioners also reviewed an EMS facility plan for Ellis (Hutton estimate ~$3.5M, reduced-scope option ~$2.6M) and a fire-storage building that could be reduced from ~$711K to ~$250K with volunteer finish work.
County staff recommended removing the transfer-station expansion from the bond package and instead funding it from the solid-waste enterprise fund to avoid adding cost to the county’s proposed bond.
Justin, who oversees solid-waste operations, explained the project would add approximately 1,600 square feet of enclosed metal building, a new apron, stem wall and repairs to the loading system to improve efficiency when loading semis. While Hutton’s outside estimate was roughly $1.1 million, a local contractor assessment that included concrete, electrical…
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