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Caldwell County details multimillion-dollar capital projects aimed at emergency readiness and services
Summary
County Manager Shane Fox updated the board on completed and near-complete projects: a $4.8M water tank, a $5.2M Cages Mountain EMS base, purchase and renovation of the 36,252 sq ft La-Z-Boy/Kinkade building (totaling about $6M using state appropriations), and the $2.4M Hickory Springs warehouse; staff said none of these used local taxpayer dollars for acquisition or renovations.
County Manager Shane Fox gave the board a sweeping update on capital projects intended to improve water service, emergency response and county operations, describing completed work and near-term moves to new county facilities.
Fox said the Cotswold (Collinsville) water tank project addressed low pressure and fire-suppression needs for that service area. He reported a total cost of $4,800,000 for the tank project, funded largely with ARPA dollars and $1.6 million from the county water capital fund; the county water fund carries no debt, Fox said.
The county also opened EMS Base 8 at 1901 Colony Springs Road (the Cages Mountain base), which Fox said cost…
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