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County supervisors demand modeling inputs after growth-study draft adds $33 million for fire capital
Summary
Supervisors in Isle of Wight County flagged a large $33 million fire-protection capital increase between drafts of a county-commissioned growth study and requested the consultant provide modeling inputs, footnotes and agency assumptions before an August presentation.
Isle of Wight County supervisors pressed staff to produce the modeling inputs behind a county-commissioned growth-rate study after members found a roughly $33 million increase in projected fire-protection capital between two draft versions.
The study—commissioned by the county to support comprehensive-plan updates and capital planning—presents multiple population and commercial-growth scenarios. Several supervisors said an initial draft showed positive net margins under many scenarios, but a subsequent draft added a step change in capital needs, most notably an…
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