by Neil Richard
The Board of Supervisors and the Citizen Budget Advisory Committee held their second meeting to discuss the year's Capital Improvement Program (CIP). In a short 50 minutes, they discussed a few topics of interest, some needing immediate action, some needing more time.
First was the approval of a resolution for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) cost sharing program in regards to Dixon Lane. Funding for up to $44,500 was approved to pave the road.
Second was another item that needed quick attention. Chief Moody shared that the cost of the ambulance that was approved at $255,000 had gone up to over $264,000. He said there were several reasons for the cost increase, including tariffs on raw materials and chassis cost increases. Moody said that while he expected the cost to go up over time, he was not expecting this much of an increase. There was some discussion as to changing platforms to Ford or Chevy but Moody said the Ram platform has worked well in the past and there isn't much of a cost savings by changing. The Board approved the change.
Next, Dr. Young shared an abbreviated version of the Trailways Feasibility Study from last year that highlighted certain projects that cost less than $50,000. The idea was to look for low hanging fruit that could be completed easily but without breaking the proverbial bank. After some discussion, it was decided to delay what projects would be funded or grouped together. The Supervisors wanted some time to look at the list and decide how to sort them, either by project type or project location, before coming back and making a decision later.
There was also a discussion on how the Supervisors prioritized the CIP projects in the spreadsheet and what to do with those that received unanimous votes or no votes. This would be a good time to note that the "votes" being referenced were not actual votes but rather declared preferences. In other words, a final official and binding decision has not been made yet. The projects getting five votes, included the King George Elementary School roof replacement, the School Bus replacement, the County network redundancy improvements, and the Ambulance replacement. But again, these are not the final votes, just the projects the Supervisors felt important enough to consider moving forward on.
The meeting ended with scheduling two more CIP meetings, one on September 30th at 5:30pm and one on October 3rd at 6:00pm.
The Board of Supervisors and the Citizen Budget Advisory Committee held their second meeting to discuss the year's Capital Improvement Program (CIP). In a short 50 minutes, they discussed a few topics of interest, some needing immediate action, some needing more time.
First was the approval of a resolution for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) cost sharing program in regards to Dixon Lane. Funding for up to $44,500 was approved to pave the road.
Second was another item that needed quick attention. Chief Moody shared that the cost of the ambulance that was approved at $255,000 had gone up to over $264,000. He said there were several reasons for the cost increase, including tariffs on raw materials and chassis cost increases. Moody said that while he expected the cost to go up over time, he was not expecting this much of an increase. There was some discussion as to changing platforms to Ford or Chevy but Moody said the Ram platform has worked well in the past and there isn't much of a cost savings by changing. The Board approved the change.
Next, Dr. Young shared an abbreviated version of the Trailways Feasibility Study from last year that highlighted certain projects that cost less than $50,000. The idea was to look for low hanging fruit that could be completed easily but without breaking the proverbial bank. After some discussion, it was decided to delay what projects would be funded or grouped together. The Supervisors wanted some time to look at the list and decide how to sort them, either by project type or project location, before coming back and making a decision later.
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There was also a discussion on how the Supervisors prioritized the CIP projects in the spreadsheet and what to do with those that received unanimous votes or no votes. This would be a good time to note that the "votes" being referenced were not actual votes but rather declared preferences. In other words, a final official and binding decision has not been made yet. The projects getting five votes, included the King George Elementary School roof replacement, the School Bus replacement, the County network redundancy improvements, and the Ambulance replacement. But again, these are not the final votes, just the projects the Supervisors felt important enough to consider moving forward on.
The meeting ended with scheduling two more CIP meetings, one on September 30th at 5:30pm and one on October 3rd at 6:00pm.
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When was this meeting?
ReplyDeleteI believe it was the 18th.
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