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Hearing set for Gloucester Capital Improvements Plan

Gloucester supervisors moved ahead with its five-year Capital Improvements Plan during its meeting Tuesday night, with a public hearing scheduled for Feb. 4 to receive citizen input on the proposal. Meeting in the colonial courthouse, the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors received a presentation from county administrator Brent Fedors on the FY 2021-2025 CIP. Fedors’s presentation began with the establishment of a system that would be used to determine what projects have the most need of completion. His suggested approach focused on practical need and common sense, rather than the previous scoring scale. This approach was used to help bring light to small projects that clearly need to be addressed sooner rather than later. One example that Fedors gave was the need for updated voting machines. Fedors explained that Gloucester’s spending over the last few years was “lean” with the reserves Gloucester has. Fedors then explained that Gloucester has a lower reserve balance than neighbo...

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