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Commission reviews FY‑26 capital outlay priorities, large road projects and countywide fire-suppression/water-storage plan
Summary
County staff presented an overview of FY‑26 capital priorities including road and facility replacements, airport master-plan items, detention facility upgrades, and a countywide fire-suppression and water-storage proposal that includes tank installations, pumps and redundancy to improve ISO ratings and firefighting capacity.
Commission staff walked through a broad FY‑26 capital-outlay overview and a detailed discussion of county fire-suppression and water-storage projects intended to improve rural firefighting capability and reduce insurance costs for residents.
The capital discussion covered road-department fleet replacements (pickups and heavy equipment), a multi-year plan to widen and overlay major county roads with an initial $65 million ask scaled to realistic contractor capacity (~$40 million), replacement and maintenance for community centers, detention facility upgrades including perimeter fencing and kitchen equipment, and information-technology projects such as private fiber (dark fiber) to connect county facilities for redundancy.
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