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County council recommends two-year EDIT plan, relabels justice project and trims cost estimate
Summary
Minutes show the council debated and amended the county's draft EDIT capital improvement plan: members shortened the plan term (to end 2027), relabeled the large justice/jail project and reduced the project estimate to $150 million in their recommendation to the commissioners. Councilors stressed the need for flexibility and clarified that individual appropriations would still require later approvals.
Councilors debated a multi-page draft of the Economic Development Income Tax (EDIT) capital improvement plan prepared for the Board of Commissioners and proposed several edits before forwarding a recommendation.
Key amendments the council approved included: shortening the plan term to expire Dec. 31, 2027 (the draft had allowed a longer horizon); replacing the label "Justice Center project" with a neutral "Project 1" and amending its description to read "county jail and/or…
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