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DeKalb County committee seeks five‑year roadmap to prioritize roughly $245M in CIP requests

Finance, Audit and Budget Committee · April 14, 2026
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The Finance, Audit and Budget Committee heard a Capital Improvement Projects update showing departments requested roughly $244–269 million across funds and asked staff to return with a prioritized five‑year funding recommendation; commissioners pressed for clearer sequencing, sources and committee review steps.

The Finance, Audit and Budget Committee, chaired by Commissioner Ted Terry, on an agenda item reviewed a county capital improvement planning update and asked staff to produce a prioritized five‑year financing and sequencing plan.

Budget director Seagler told the committee the county defines a capital improvement project as “a project or activity that improves, replaces, repairs, maintains or creates a fixed asset with a total value of $25,000 or greater and an estimated useful life of five years or greater.” He said departments submitted roughly 117 general‑fund projects totaling about $141.6 million and that, across tax and non‑tax funds, requests total — depending on the slide referenced — in the range of $244…

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