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Board de‑obligates DOLA grant for Columbine Park expansion, citing rising construction costs
Summary
Rio Blanco County voted to de‑obligate Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) grant funds for an enlargement and emergency‑operations‑center conversion at Columbine Park after bids far exceeded the county’s combined local and DOLA budget; staff will return funds to DOLA per the agency’s portal instructions.
Rio Blanco County commissioners voted July 22 to de‑obligate the county’s DOLA grant (EIAF‑08372) for the Columbine Park emergency operations center and evacuation site project after construction bids and revised subcontractor estimates put the project well above available funds.
Eric (county staff managing the grant) told the board the project had been scoped as a 900‑square‑foot expansion (an additional ~900 square feet) to create a multiuse office that could serve as an emergency operations center (EOC) and potentially house 4‑H uses. The county paired $100,000 of locally budgeted funds with a…
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