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Staff warns 2027 capital plan could require roughly $67.5M in borrowing; board asks for mill-rate analysis
Summary
County staff told the committee that combined 2027 capital asks (including the jail and radio projects) could require about $67.5 million in borrowing and asked supervisors whether to keep projects scheduled; supervisors asked staff to provide mill-rate and constituent talking points ahead of July consideration.
County staff reviewed the county's capital improvement plan (KIPP), identifying 2027 as the projected year for both a jail expansion and the emergency communications upgrade. Staff said that, taken together, the large 2027 projects could push the required borrowing to roughly $67.5 million and that formal funding steps include an August county-board resolution and a December funding resolution to authorize borrowing.
"Once that funding is approved in December... I will come forward with a funding resolution, which would be to borrow money because we don't have this kind of money just laying around," a staff member said while outlining the multi-step approval path. Supervisors expressed general support but requested concise mill-rate impact figures and talking points so they can explain the scale and purpose of the projects to constituents before any bond vote.
