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Board confronts large HVAC bids for Pocahontas Elementary as FY27 CIP is pared back
Summary
Supervisors were told bids for the Pocahontas Elementary HVAC replacement came in between roughly $10 million and $14 million, and staff included an additional $7.8 million of debt in FY27; supervisors pressed for better project estimating and phasing to match debt capacity.
Discussion of the Pocahontas Elementary School HVAC project highlighted tensions between school estimates and market bids, and underscored the county’s broader effort to scale back the 10‑year CIP to fit debt affordability.
County Administrator Will told the board the county received two bids for the Pocahontas HVAC replacement: “the low bid was 10,000,000 and change. The high bid was 14,000,000,” and the FY27 proposal includes roughly $7.8…
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