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Story County engineer says detailed design raises shop expansion to $1.8 million; officials weigh using carryover funds
Summary
Story County engineering staff told supervisors that a proposed shop expansion’s cost estimate rose to $1.8 million after more detailed drainage and design work; officials discussed using an approximately $390,000 FY25 road-use surplus and other carryover to cover the gap and urged a decision soon to meet construction-season timelines.
Darren Moon, Story County engineer, told supervisors at a Jan. 30 budget work session that the proposed shop expansion’s detailed cost estimate rose from about $1,340,000 to $1,800,000 after more refined engineering and drainage design.
Moon said the higher estimate, combined with other construction needs, requires the board to decide quickly whether to move forward. “We did get an extra almost 400,000 of road use tax that bumps up our carryover balance that we could put towards this as well,” Moon said, adding that the project likely must be let within “the next month or two” to complete work in the coming construction season.
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