The Board of Supervisors is slated Tuesday to approve four capital improvement projects initiated by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco at an estimated cost of $2.69 million.
The sheriff is requesting allocation of funds from the departmental account established at the start of the fiscal year to pay for the projects, the largest of which is a major security upgrade to the lobby entrance at sheriff’s headquarters in downtown Riverside.
That “security hardening” project will cost about $1.1 million, according to documents posted to the board’s agenda for Tuesday.
Details regarding what specifically the agency wants to install in the building were not disclosed.
The other proposed outlays are roof replacements at the sheriff’s Hemet Station and Southwest Station in French Valley, which will altogether require $1.3 million, and repair or replacement of the cooling system in the agency’s aviation hub at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal, which will necessitate a draw of $250,000.
If approved, the sheriff’s Project Management Office would be responsible for hiring contractors and supervising the projects from beginning to end.