Dallas County board accepts GO-backed local option sales tax bond option and approves multiple construction pay applications totaling more than $1.7 million

At its May 5 meeting the Dallas County Board of Supervisors accepted a recommendation to pursue GO-backed local option sales tax bond funding and approved four Turner Construction pay applications covering multiple county construction projects.

Supervisor Brad Golightly moved to accept the GO-backed local option sales tax bond funding option presented during a bond funding workshop; Supervisor Kim Chapman seconded and the motion carried with all ayes. The board then approved Pay Application #17 for the Secondary Roads Administration Addition in the amount of $270,363.97; Pay Application #13 for the Courthouse Renovation in the amount of $505,214.07; Pay Application #14 for the Evidence Storage & Firing Range in the amount of $953,747.31; and Pay Application #1 for the Adel EMS Station in the amount of $49,130.00. Motions to approve each pay application were moved by Golightly and seconded by Chapman and recorded as approved, all ayes.

Project completion stages were reported in the meeting: the Secondary Roads Administration Addition was described as 97% complete, the Courthouse Renovation 61% complete, and the Evidence Storage & Firing Range 61% complete; contingency and allowance percentages for each project were noted in the construction updates.

The approvals clear progress payments for county capital projects; board records do not include a consolidated project budget or the remaining contract values in the minutes and further budget detail was not provided in the meeting record.