Maintenance director requests warehouse, courthouse and stadium upgrades; proposes $600,000 storage building and other capital
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County maintenance presented a list of capital needs including a proposed $600,000 emergency-management/maintenance storage building, courthouse repairs, Annex HVAC and generator requests and stadium lighting and scoreboard upgrades; some projects may be eligible for partial AOC reimbursement or require future budget adjustments.
Director Wade presented the maintenance draft budget, which includes multiple capital and infrastructure requests across county facilities. Among the largest items, staff proposed a new emergency-management/maintenance storage building estimated at roughly $600,000 to consolidate equipment and supplies currently stored at multiple county locations.
Wade told the committee a rough cost breakdown for the building included $280,000 for erection, $90,000 for concrete, $60,000 for utilities, $40,000 for four overhead doors with operators, $16,000 for lighting, $45,000 for asphalt and $50,000 for insulation, plus heating costs — together approximating $600,000. He said about $240,000 in disaster-related funds from a prior event may be available to help offset the cost but that the county must request an extension to keep those funds available past a July threshold.
Other maintenance items discussed included courthouse roof and stonework repairs, restroom rehab at the sheriff’s office and clerk/judge restrooms, purchase of a man lift and platform lift (with possible 97% match on a project specific to the courthouse Annex), and exterior and HVAC upgrades at a county satellite office. Wade also proposed an outdoor sound system for courthouse events and flagged the need for 24-hour security coverage during the Big Spring playground rubber-infill cure window.
For athletic facilities, Wade presented proposals for stadium upgrades including a new sound system and scoreboard estimated at about $80,000 and advanced stadium lighting quoted around $250,000; he said field-house parking expansion and theatre lighting/sound and stage-floor work remain on the capital list. Maintenance staff said some projects – notably an Annex HVAC replacement and some generator work — could be eligible for 97% reimbursement from the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) and that those reimbursement possibilities will be pursued.
The committee did not take final votes to approve these capital items at the meeting; staff said some amounts are conservative estimates and that project particulars and vendor quotes will be finalized during the budget process.