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Commissioners ask for detailed study and financial plan before committing to water projects
Summary
Board members agreed to pursue more detailed studies—demand forecasting, cost-per-mile and revenue estimates—and to explore USDA grant matching and bond financing options before authorizing major water infrastructure investments.
After hearing options, commissioners repeatedly said they needed more data before making capital commitments.
Committee members and staff said the authority could use some of its account funds for preliminary studies but cautioned against spending without clear deliverables. Participants discussed financing methods including revenue bonds (authority currently has a revenue bond payment cited in discussion) and USDA grants that were described as potentially covering about half of eligible costs. Several commissioners emphasized that without clear demand figures, purchase agreements or developer commitments, the county should not proceed aggressively.
The board and authority reached a preliminary consensus to fund additional study work and asked staff to return with a refined set of costs and revenue scenarios to inform any future vote.
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