Good Pass County staff presented an updated 2026–2031 Capital Improvement Plan and asked the Board of Commissioners to approve it as part of the county’s periodic planning requirements. Jeremy Johnson, Community Development Services, told the board the CIP update is an annual requirement under the Growth Management Act and that the county fell behind last year, so staff is seeking to catch up this year.
"This before you this afternoon is the 2026 to 2031 Capital Improvement Plan update," Johnson said. "This is an annual requirement under the Growth Management Act. We fell behind last year, so we're trying to get caught up this year." He said staff is delivering the update now to provide the most current information for the periodic comprehensive plan update.
Commissioners asked about interjurisdictional participation and what defines a capital project. Johnson said staff generally reaches out to departments and facility providers across the area and noted some overlap with city-submitted projects. He explained the county uses $10,000 as the cutoff for reporting items as capital projects and apologized for an indexing error in the packet, saying he supplied an updated document before the meeting.
A motion in the transcript—recorded verbatim as "To approve ordinance 20 25 0 0 7, approve 26 31"—was made by a commissioner and seconded during the meeting; the transcript excerpt does not include a recorded vote or final outcome. The record includes no public comments on the CIP item. One commissioner suggested the board send letters to overlapping jurisdictions to prompt better participation; Johnson said he would welcome that assistance to improve response rates.
The transcript excerpt does not list a formal vote count or an effective date for the plan in this excerpt; it also does not specify how identified projects will be funded beyond general references to potential funding sources and the purpose of the CIP to identify those sources and anticipate infrastructure needs.