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Williamson County commissioners approve amended capital plan after cuts to bonded items
Summary
After debate over bonded spending for a transfer station, fire station, a ladder truck and sheriff motorcycles, commissioners approved a revised capital program and an amended general-fund capital total of $22,262,127; some projects were deferred or reduced and the transfer-station bond was pushed to a later year.
The Williamson County Commission voted April 21 to approve an amended set of capital projects after several commissioners pushed to pare back bonding and postpone large construction work.
Commissioners initially placed roughly $32.2 million in capital requests on the floor, then negotiated reductions — deferring major transfer-station bonding, trimming library and parks items and keeping funding for a $2.24 million ladder truck. Finance staff recalculated the package and presented an amended general-fund capital total of $22,262,127; the commission approved the amended amount unanimously.
Why it matters: commissioners said the reductions balance near-term concerns about debt and cash flow with continuing capital needs for public safety and recreation. The transfer…
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