Supervisors debate two CIP plans and resist $10M drawdown from windfall

County staff presented two draft five‑year capital improvement plan (CIP) options and asked the Campbell County Board of Supervisors for direction to incorporate into the FY2027 budget.

"The CIP is for fixed asset purchases and projects that exceed $10,000," said the staff presenter introduced in the packet materials as Mrs. Wright, describing a five‑year planning document in which only FY2027 would be funded now. Staff said option 1 was more aggressive and left multimillion‑dollar gaps in out years, while option 2 spreads and delays projects to close the FY2028 shortfall.

Board members pressed staff on why many projects were shifted into FY2028 under option 2. "We tried to space projects out," staff said, explaining option 2 produces a small surplus in FY2028 while leaving negative balances later because of the timing of projected revenues and grant/loan leverage.

Several supervisors raised objections to a staff assumption that both plans would draw $10,000,000 from a $16.1 million windfall account. "I'm not a fan of drawing down on that 16.1 being that that's been kind of interpreted or understood to be set aside for any potential gap that we have in solid waste," Supervisor Klein said, urging caution while work on a solid‑waste strategy continues.

Staff summarized the board's direction: keep the base CIP funding package as proposed but do not rely on the one‑time windfall without identifying other offsets. "If it is the consensus of the board that that's where you stand tonight, that requires some more staff work," the county staff lead said, and committed to return with alternative balancing strategies.

Next steps: staff will rework budget options to avoid using the one‑time drawdown if that remains the board's direction and will present narrowed options to the board during budget development in coming weeks.