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Board keeps textbooks in 10‑year CIP, asks phased plan to maintain Worooster progress
Summary
After a lengthy public debate, trustees approved a 10‑year capital improvement plan that preserves textbook funding (to be paid from property‑tax‑pledged rollover bonds) and directed staff to develop cost‑neutral alternates and a phased plan to maintain progress on Worooster High School; the decision followed concerns about flat sales tax revenues and rising construction costs.
Washoe County trustees voted unanimously to accept a revised 10‑year capital improvement plan that retains funding for textbooks within capital funds and directs staff to produce cost‑neutral scope alternatives for several projects and a phased plan that keeps Worooster High School moving forward.
Nut graf: The vote capped a three‑hour discussion about construction cost escalation, limited WC1 (sales‑tax) revenue growth and the tradeoffs needed to preserve bonding capacity beyond year 10. Staff urged the board that removing textbook funding would create an immediate $3 million hole in the operating budget; the…
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