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• project in Ashland, Kentucky, in the amount of $2,414,000, funded 50% federal funds and 50% state maintenance
• > pool<00:05:19.919> funds<00:05:20.800> with<00:05:21.120> 835,000 maintenance
• pool funds with 835,000 maintenance pool funds with 835,000 coming<00:05:22.800> from<00:05:22.960
• replace HVAC system for cell house project in the amount of $2,159,350, funded from the 2024-26 maintenance
• pool. funded from the 2426 maintenance pool. funded from the 2426 maintenance pool.

Keywords: 00:01 Call to Order and Roll Call 01:49 Approval of Minutes 02:06 Information Items 03:48 Project Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 14:38 Lease Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 18:50 OFM – Ky Infrastructure Authority 26:40 OFM – Cabinet for Economic Development 31:50 Office of Financial Management 40:40 Remaining 2025 Meeting Dates 41:25 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The meeting opened with prayer and a quorum call, then the committee approved the prior meeting minutes. Staff reported several informational items, including University of Kentucky medical and research equipment purchases, school district debt issues, leasehold improvements, and Kentucky Community and Technical College System bond allocations. The committee then approved a line-item appropriation increase of $350,000 in federal funds for the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ Cumberland Forest Conservation Program, along with two Department of Military Affairs projects: the Ashland Readiness Center window replacement and the MATES HVAC replacement at Fort Knox. It also approved four larger maintenance-pool projects without further action: HVAC and smoke evacuation work at the Kentucky State Penitentiary, HVAC and hot water tank replacements at Oakwood, a Green Bank energy-savings performance project across state facilities, and roof replacement at Lake Barkley Lodge. Members asked about the prison project, the roof procurement process, and whether minority-owned firms receive special bidding preference; staff said capital projects are awarded through open low-bid procurement with qualification and warranty requirements, and that minority participation is preferred but not a bidding criterion. Two lease modifications were approved for Franklin County agencies: an expansion and renovation for the Auditor of Public Accounts and a downsizing and renovation for the Kentucky Workers Compensation Funding Commission. The committee also approved Kentucky Infrastructure Authority items, including a Monticello sewer loan, several Cleaner Water Program grants and reallocations, and a House Bill 1 water grant that required no action. Members questioned engineering costs and were told the KIA board reviews technical details and anomalies before approval. Finally, the committee approved six economic development grants: one EDF grant for V Simple in Jefferson County and five KPDI EDF grants for projects in Breckinridge, Erlanger, Todd, and Washington counties. The last action item was approval of Western Kentucky University’s up-to-$10 million general receipts revenue bond issue for athletic facilities. An informational Kentucky Housing Corporation multifamily bond item prompted concern from members about rising per-unit costs for affordable housing, and they requested further explanation from the housing corporation at a future meeting.

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• Pazina, makes an appropriation to the Other State Education Programs Account for the creation and maintenance
• This provision does not apply to coverage provided by a health maintenance organization or managed care
• and information technology equipment, replacement vehicles and equipment, and deferred facility maintenance
• equipment, facility maintenance projects, and continuation of the Nevada National Guard Resiliency Program
• equipment, facility maintenance projects, and continuation of the Nevada National Guard Resiliency Program

Keywords: 909, all

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• , so that someone could not accrue $2,750 for trail maintenance as an example.
• The $750 cap can only be maintenance.
• <00:20:31.200> Rep for trail maintenance as an example.
• Rep for trail maintenance as an example.
• <00:48:02.720> of drainage repairs or maintenance of drainage repairs or maintenance of systems

Bills: HF4211, HF3426, HF4819, HF3466, HF3793, HF3339

Keywords: air pollution, lead emissions, continuous emissions monitoring system, CEMS, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, MPCA, environmental monitoring, emission compliance, air quality, public health, industrial pollution, permitted facility, residential exposure, toxic metals, emission limits, pollution control, stack monitoring, real-time emissions monitoring, natural resources, environment

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• There is a manual; it's called the Cost Participation and Maintenance with Local Units of Government
• construction costs and maintenance construction costs and maintenance responsibilities<00:28:27.200
• with local units of maintenance with local units of government<00:28:34.399> manual<00:28:34.880
• uh cost responsibilities and maintenance uh cost responsibilities and maintenance responsibilities
• , parking, rectangular rapid maintenance, parking, rectangular rapid flashing<00:30:55.279> beacons

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We expect that to be part of a regular maintenance plan.
• <00:37:10.000> Because maintenance is going to be. Because maintenance is going to be.
• However, recognizing maintenance plan.
• <00:38:21.680> and to know what your maintenance and to know what your maintenance and operation
• <00:46:45.200> It's year in deferred maintenance. It's year in deferred maintenance.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• maintenance maintenance done<00:35:22.800> at<00:35:23.040> the<00:35:23.280> community
• , maybe not taking care of the capital outlay, but the maintenance.
• . deferred maintenance.
• maintenance technology industrial maintenance technology program<00:58:49.680> and<00:58:49.920
• :59:07.440> and<00:59:07.680> the industrial maintenance program and the industrial maintenance

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• They were asked whether maintenance would be included in the overall aviation plan, noting a shortage
• They added that they intend to try to bring maintenance in-house, but right now the KCTCS partners do
• We had a long list of deferred maintenance projects that needed to happen.
• > projects<01:59:16.639> that deferred maintenance um projects that deferred maintenance
• We have a long list of deferred maintenance, and we can definitely put that to use.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:55 Approval of Minutes 00:02:01 Information Items 00:02:10 Review of Executive Branch Agency Plans 00:02:20 A. A. Eastern Kentucky University 00:02:48 B. B. Kentucky Community and Technical College System 00:15:21 C. C. Kentucky State University 00:31:43 D. D. Morehead State University 00:41:44 E. E. Murray State University 01:01:56 F. F. Northern Kentucky University 01:16:09 G. G. University of Kentucky and Hospital 01:25:00 H. H. University of Louisville 01:42:52 I. I. Western Kentucky University 01:56:17, 958, all

Summary: The meeting opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a roll call establishing a quorum. The committee then approved the prior meeting’s minutes. Members were reminded to silence cell phones, and the chair noted an informational item on capital plan amendments made by state agencies during the latest revision period before moving to university capital plan presentations. Eastern Kentucky University President David McFaden outlined EKU’s enrollment growth, strong Kentucky student retention, and signature programs in nursing, occupational therapy, criminal justice, education, manufacturing engineering, and aviation. EKU’s main capital priorities were a new health innovation project to support a proposed osteopathic medical program, including a $50 million escrow requirement until accreditation; a collaborative center for health innovation to address outdated health sciences facilities; a $5 million startup request for an air traffic control program; aircraft upgrades for the aviation fleet; and continued asset preservation funding. In response to questions, EKU said roughly 40% of the new health facility would be dedicated to the medical school, with shared simulation space for multiple health programs, and that aviation maintenance needs are currently being met through KCTCS partners but could be expanded if demand grows. KCTCS representatives then described the system’s scale and capital needs, noting service to 107,000 students, extensive dual credit and workforce training, and a network of 342 buildings across 70 campuses. They said prior legislative support, including $277 million in asset preservation and $90 million released for approved projects, had helped with safety, roofs, energy efficiency, and campus security. Their current priorities include about $30 million for systemwide safety and security upgrades, renovations tied to consolidation and footprint reduction under Senate Joint Resolution 179, and broader asset preservation needs estimated at roughly $300 million to $325 million. Members discussed the need to preserve and expand skilled trades training, and KCTCS said its plan includes construction trades and flexible, multiuse facilities that can adapt to changing workforce needs. No votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes, and the presentations concluded with questions and discussion only.

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• So again, the maintenance priorities are going to be those main roads.
• So again, the maintenance priorities are going to be those main roads.
• So again, the maintenance priorities are going to be those main roads.
• It relies on user fees to fund its maintenance, repairs, and any capital projects.
• <02:02:04.599> of for the development and maintenance of for the development and maintenance

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 561, sponsored by Representative Nancy Murphy, which would limit the state’s ability to discontinue, reclassify, or revert state-owned highway property to municipalities without local approval. Murphy and other supporters argued the bill would protect towns from unfunded mandates and prevent property tax increases caused by taking on costly road maintenance. Representative Wendy Thomas, Rosemarie Rung, Merrimack Town Council Chairman Finley Rothhouse, and Town Manager Paul McAuliffe all testified in support, describing the financial burden of the planned transfer of Continental Boulevard in Merrimack and warning it would set a harmful precedent for other communities. The Department of Transportation’s Steve Leon explained the department’s current authority and processes for discontinuance and reclassification, said active highways are not surplus property, and noted that the Supreme Court’s Town of Nelson decision held such reclassifications were not an unfunded mandate. The committee then closed the public hearing on HB 561. The committee next took up House Bill 578, presented by Representative Mooney on behalf of Representative Bill Boyd, to require sound barriers along the F. Everett Turnpike in Merrimack. Supporters said widening the turnpike would increase noise in nearby neighborhoods and that a 2019 NHDOT study identified 17 neighborhoods with noise levels above federal standards, though only four were included for mitigation under the current project. They argued the remaining neighborhoods should also receive relief and cited quality-of-life and property-value concerns. Senator Tim McGuire also testified in support, saying residents were experiencing unexpected and severe noise impacts and urging the committee to act outside the usual criteria to approve the barriers. The transcript provided does not show a final committee vote or action on HB 578.

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• Three, the facilities major maintenance.
• patrol troopers, highway maintenance patrol troopers, highway maintenance personnel,<00:59:45.359
• The next one, though, usually stays in the budget, and that is major maintenance.
• <01:43:29.760> Uh that is major maintenance. Uh that is major maintenance.
• Be glad to stand for maintenance costs.

Keywords: 916, all

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• <01:37:30.040> and uh $820,000 in maintenance and uh $820,000 in maintenance and construction
• <01:37:39.640> and in equipment for maintenance and in equipment for maintenance and construction
• <02:26:32.280> of<02:26:32.360> the concerned and the maintenance of the concerned
• handling the maintenance of the fund. handling the maintenance of the fund.
• And they but they both have to have<02:27:05.840> some<02:27:06.080> maintenance<02:27:

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 12 March, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, opened with prayer and the pledge, and then dispensed with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. The chamber also recognized several guests and groups, including the doctor of the day, visitors from Quebec, the Sumrall High School boys soccer team, Starkville public safety officials, and the Hattiesburg High School choral arts program. A resolution honoring the long-standing partnership between Quebec and Mississippi was read and adopted, and Ms. Nathalie Rivard of Quebec addressed the Senate about historical ties and economic cooperation between Quebec and Mississippi. The Senate then moved through a series of procedural actions on the calendar, including multiple motions to table reconsideration on medical cannabis and ARPA-related bills, and several motions to not concur and invite conference on workforce and budget measures. Among those were Senate Bill 2294, the Mississippi Future Innovators Act, Senate Bill 2288 on workforce training, Senate Bill 2401 on workforce development, Senate Bill 2189 on budget transfers, Senate Bill 2895 on ARPA funds, and Senate Bill 2917 on appropriations transfers. These motions were adopted, sending the measures to conference or otherwise advancing them as noted. A major portion of the meeting focused on appropriations bills. House Bill 1935, the Education Department appropriation, was explained in detail and adopted after a strike-all amendment; the bill includes funding for the student formula, teacher and assistant pay raises, special education supplements, school attendance officers, testing contracts, early learning coaches, and CTE instructor raises, with offsets from reduced or eliminated line items such as school safety platforms and certain vendor programs. The Senate also adopted strike-all amendments and passed House Bills 1936 and 1937 for Mississippi Public Broadcasting and the Library Commission, and then moved on to House Bill 1933 for the Bureau of Building. The Senate recessed until 2:30 p.m. and announced an appropriations meeting shortly after recess, while leadership noted that many supplemental appropriations bills would be considered later with attention to whether they contained reverse repealers and would go to conference or final passage.

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• .<01:10:06.719> There's<01:10:07.040> insufficient maintenance.
• There's insufficient maintenance.
• how much maintenance you do, out<01:10:52.320> of<01:10:52.400> your<01:10:52.640>
• grows at a fairly steady maintenance grows at a fairly steady rate<01:11:10.320> because<01:11
• also reduces our deferred maintenance also reduces our deferred maintenance backlog<01:14:00.239

Keywords: 1183, house

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• like to go on the record in support of House Bill 2860 and Senate Bill 1851, an act relative to maintenance
• of physical examination... ...House Bill 2860 and Senate Bill 1851, an act relative to maintenance of
• federally for apparatus, for cancer screening, for all these things that we try to do for preventative maintenance
• and Recreation as a fleet manager, and I served seven years at MassDOT as a director of roadway maintenance

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Service held its fifth hearing of the 194th General Court on disability, line-of-duty, and health presumption bills. Committee members noted the hearing was livestreamed and accepted written testimony through June 16, 2025. The first panel, including the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, strongly supported H.2845, which would require restoration of sick, vacation, or personal time used while an injured officer or firefighter awaits a Chapter 41, Section 11F determination if the injury is later found work-related. Testimony said the current process often forces injured personnel to litigate to recover accrued time, and members described the bill as a fairness measure with no fiscal cost. Committee members asked about prior consideration and municipal positions, and one member shared a personal experience with a similar loss of accrued time. A second major panel from the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts and sponsoring legislators supported several firefighter-related bills: H.2918/S.1792 on mandatory insurance coverage for firefighter cancer screenings; H.2962/S.1818 on Commonwealth fire department parity for military-base and Massport firefighters, including injury coverage and presumptions; and H.2860/S.1851 on maintaining physical examination records. Testimony emphasized the high cancer risk in the fire service, the importance of early detection, and the need to extend municipal-level protections to state and Massport firefighters. Committee members expressed strong support, discussed PFAS-related gear replacement and funding, and noted that similar bills have been before the committee for multiple sessions. The committee also heard H.4147, a retirement-related bill for a MassDOT employee seeking to transfer approximately five years of MBTA retirement contributions into the state system as a service buyback. The bill was described as having been filed in 2017 and reported favorably last session, but it stalled in Senate Ways and Means. Finally, Howard Levine testified remotely in support of a correctional officer disability pension bill, describing severe injuries from a 1990 inmate assault, multiple surgeries, early retirement, and a request to increase his pension to reflect a current lieutenant’s salary. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the meeting adjourned after testimony concluded.

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• only available when one resident endangers another, but at the same time, the threat is direct at maintenance
• but at the same time, threat is direct but at the same time, threat is direct at<00:02:10.440> maintenance
• <00:02:10.800> workers,<00:02:11.320> property at maintenance workers, property at
• maintenance workers, property managers,<00:02:12.360> or<00:02:12.480> contractors.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up Senate File 4171, a housing bill addressing sub-metered utility services and final billing for vacant tenants. Representative Igo explained that the bill allows shared-metered residential buildings to bill the last billing period before a tenant vacates based on estimates, requires landlords to offer digital rent payment with alternative payment methods for tenants who cannot use or afford digital options, and bars extra fees beyond administrative and late fees. Members described the measure as a cleanup bill developed with multiple landlord-tenant stakeholders. Two amendments were adopted. Amendment A2 expanded expedited eviction language to cover threats or harm directed not only at other residents but also at landlords, employees, contractors, and others present at the property, while keeping safeguards such as sworn affidavits, judicial review, service timelines, and penalties for misuse. Amendment A1 protected minor children from appearing in eviction cases and from having eviction records attached to them later, with penalties for noncompliance. Supporters said both amendments were friendly, part of the broader agreement on the landlord-tenant package, and intended to improve safety and protect children. After third reading and brief closing remarks from Representatives Howard and Igo, who thanked committee members, advocates, and stakeholders for bipartisan work, the House took a roll call vote. The bill passed as amended by a vote of 134 yeas and 0 nays, and its title was agreed to.

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• the higher education funds or HEAF vital for our buildings and infrastructure because of deferred maintenance
• Our buildings are structurally sound, but require maintenance, renovations, and modernizations to align
• funding for the THECB higher education fund recommendation, which is critical for addressing deferred maintenance
• The funding is essential for our operations and maintenance support needs in a cost environment that

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• higher education funds or HEIF vital. for our buildings and infrastructure because of deferred maintenance
• Our buildings are They're structurally sound, but require maintenance, renovations, and modernization
• TB, a higher education fund recommendation, which is critical for addressing deferred maintenance, library
• The funding is essential to our operation. maintenance supports needs in a cost environment that is not

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Texas balanced upgrades and maintenance to these systems through state, local, and federal funding.
• We also adopt appropriate rate fees to support maintenance and investing in research and advancement
• Incorporating resilience in the design and maintenance of our infrastructure systems.
• into it, and they analyze capacity, condition, funding, future need, innovation, operations, and maintenance

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• Second thing on national parks is maintenance.
• The problem is, we're still deferring maintenance.
• the way up to the Office of Management and Budget and the prior administration. to try to get the maintenance
• And we work with the Congress to increase the maintenance budget at the national parks.
• I find it, we talked about how, you know, we work to advance this amazing legislation, and now maintenance

Keywords: nuclear energy, permitting process, energy production, public lands, national parks, uranium imports, legislative bills, infrastructure development

Summary: The committee meeting was dominated by discussions on a variety of legislative bills including major topics such as nuclear energy advancement, the effects of regulatory hurdles on energy production, and proposals to improve national park staffing and maintenance. Members expressed concerns over the federal government's handling of uranium imports and the necessity for maintaining a robust domestic nuclear supply chain. Efforts to streamline permitting processes to facilitate more efficient energy project development were also a focal point, alongside public testimony from stakeholders in the energy and environmental sectors. The meeting highlighted the urgent need for infrastructure development to meet rising energy demands while addressing climate change impacts.

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• reported various asset preservation project revisions for additional heating and cooling system maintenance
• <00:03:16.440> and<00:03:16.760> replacement<00:03:17.760> aging maintenance and
• replacement aging maintenance and replacement aging heating<00:03:18.599> cooling<00:03:18.959
• Of that, $3,898,000 is funded from the 2024-2026 maintenance pool, and $20,000 is funded from the 2022
• -2024 maintenance pool.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the January minutes and then received several informational reports on school district tax levies, revenue bonds, lease advertisements, and previously rejected lease transactions. Members were told that one rejected lease for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Hardin County would be canceled and rebid, while a Perry County lease modification for the Energy and Environment Cabinet would proceed. The Kentucky Communications Network Authority also submitted its quarterly capital projects report, and Eastern Kentucky University reported revisions to asset preservation projects. Janice Thomas, Deputy State Budget Director, presented four capital project action items. These included a Kentucky State University Betty White Building renovation funded by USDA grant money, a Department of Education state schools dormitory and cottage renovation appropriation increase because bids exceeded estimates, a restricted-funds scope increase for the Elizabethtown CTC science building expansion, and a pool project report for the Department of Corrections’ KCIW kitchen drain line repair and replacement. Representative Petrie asked about how often the statutory authority for midstream project increases is used and whether bids are typically competitive; Thomas said the increases are used often when bids come in above estimates and that bids are generally competitive, though construction costs have been difficult to gauge. The committee unanimously approved the first three action items, and the KCIW project was reported with no action required. H. Sandy Williams of the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority then presented six loans and one emergency grant. The items included loans for Frankfort’s East Frankfort Interceptor wet weather facility project, Sturgis wastewater improvements, Scottsville inflow and infiltration work, Morganfield wastewater treatment plant planning and design, Western Pulaski County Water District transmission improvements, and Springfield water system planning and replacement work, plus an emergency Kentucky Waters grant for Eddyville following a sewer treatment plant failure and local emergency declarations. After no questions, the committee unanimously approved the seven KIA transactions. Chelsea Couch then presented a Kentucky Housing Corporation conduit issuance for $38.4 million to finance a multifamily rental project in Jefferson County; members asked how the committee participates and were told it was a conduit issuance rather than state debt. The committee approved that item. Finally, the committee heard an informational Turnpike Authority refunding issuance of about $53 million for present value savings, then approved four SFCC debt issues for Henderson, Pulaski, Scott, and Trimble counties to finance school renovations and construction. The meeting ended with notice of the next meeting date and location.

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• :44:14.720> that<00:44:14.960> was That was broken down to 1.5 per year for minor maintenance
• This maintenance pool has been and will always be some of our priority.
• and fund that out of the maintenance and fund that out of the maintenance pool<00:47:42.160>
• The first priority again will be the maintenance pool.
• priority again will be the maintenance priority again will be the maintenance pool.<00:52:47.359

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Budget Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Protection, Energy and Environment, and Tourism met for its fourth meeting and approved the February 10 minutes. The committee then heard a presentation from the Cabinet for Economic Development, led by Secretary Jeff Noel, with staff from the cabinet and Kentucky Innovation. The presentation focused on the cabinet’s strategy, including workforce, entrepreneurship, innovation, infrastructure, and placemaking, and emphasized a goal of supporting higher-wage jobs while tailoring programs to urban, non-urban, and rural “heritage communities.” The cabinet reviewed several funding tools and programs, including economic development bond funds, EDF funds, KBI, the Kentucky Innovation Pool, KSTC-related startup and commercialization programs, veteran workforce programs, and Bluegrass State Skills Corporation training funds. Officials said many projects take years to close and that funds are often committed before they are actually disbursed because reimbursements occur after project completion. They also said Kentucky is less competitive than before because of changes in tax policy and that EDF funds are increasingly important to remain competitive with other states. Members asked about whether previously allocated money remained available, whether some funds could be clawed back, and the status of the Blue Oval project. The cabinet said it is oversubscribed, with some committed dollars likely to go unused and be reoffered to other projects. On Blue Oval, officials said progress had been made and described negotiations tied to repayment and job creation requirements. They also discussed the Ford/SK loan structure, saying the companies may assume the full $250 million obligation and that repayments would be required if job targets are not met. The presentation closed with discussion of workforce coordination and the need to connect economic development projects with training and support systems, including possible ripple effects for rural suppliers and related businesses.

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• , fencewide repairs, deferred maintenance, fencewide repairs, deferred maintenance, $3<00:15:22.079
• have hundreds of deferred maintenance have hundreds of deferred maintenance projects.<00:16:25.920
• > Deferred<00:16:26.320> maintenance<00:16:26.720> means<00:16:27.199> no
• Deferred maintenance means no projects.
• Deferred maintenance means no money.<00:16:28.079> The<00:16:28.240> problem<00:16:28.399

Keywords: 910, house, all