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Committee presses for clarity after county uses $16.5M capital funds for new animal shelter; lease‑back idea proposed
Summary
Budget committee members questioned use of $16.5 million in county capital projects dollars to build a new animal shelter and discussed a lease-back model (proposed $25 per square foot) to replenish capital funds; Animal Care leaders said operating costs and staffing needs remain unclear.
Speaker 1 told the Davis County Budget Committee that county capital-projects money — $16.5 million — was used to fund construction of a new animal shelter and proposed a lease-back arrangement to ensure the capital projects fund is replenished.
"We're gonna spend 16 and a half million dollars out of county Davis County Corporation capital project dollars to build an animal shelter," Speaker 1 said, and proposed leasing the finished…
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