County officials say there is $11 million in the chair's budget for construction, short of the county's own estimates of the costs to renovate: between $16.5 million and $21.5 million, including the building purchase, according to a March 4 memo from Bob Leek, interim director of the Department of County Assets. In addition, the county says the mental health center will cost up to $5.2 million a year to run. Documents show officials have found only $2.5 million for operations—less than half the needed sum.