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Clayton County approves extra funds to repair justice-complex sprinklers, cover contractor shortfall
Summary
The Board of Commissioners approved a budget amendment to cover remaining preventative-maintenance contract costs and repair dozens of sprinkler heads in the county jail after an inspection found many were capped or plugged.
Clayton County commissioners on Oct. 7 approved a budget amendment to provide additional money for repairs at the county justice complex and to cover a shortfall in a preventive-maintenance contract.
County staff told commissioners that the request, presented as Budget Amendment 2-11, included amounts presented in the meeting record as $1,056,000 and $356,003 to address contract and repair work at the justice complex, including repairs to sprinkler heads inside the jail.
County staff said the additional funding is necessary because the contracted preventative-maintenance allowance for CGL has…
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