SNOW HILL – County officials approved a five-year capital improvement plan after removing funding for a school system administration building this week.
The Worcester County Commissioners voted 4-3 to approve the fiscal year 2025 through 2029 capital improvement plan (CIP) on Tuesday. A $37 million new central office for Worcester County Public Schools was removed from the plan.
“I believe, with repairs and upkeep of that building that could be another 10 years before we had to do it,” Commissioner Caryn Abbott said.
Lynn Wright, the county’s senior budget accountant, presented the commissioners on Tuesday with the FY2025-2029 CIP. The requested plan included projects totaling not quite $219 million over the five-year period. Wright said that $40 million, or 18%, of the project funding would come from assigned funds while nearly $128 million, or 58%, would come from bonds. The remainder would come from grants, matching funds, state loans or user fees.
Wright stressed that the CIP was a planning document.