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Mason County court staff seek urgent funds to replace juvenile-detention door locks, add female dorm bunks
Summary
Chief security court administrator Patty Maguire asked the commissioners to authorize repairs and limited upgrades at the county juvenile detention facility after a critical door-lock failure; staff said emergency repairs cost $2,000 and a full system replacement was estimated at $12,900 and asked the county to cover dorm conversion and bunks.
Patty Maguire, chief security court administrator, told the Mason County Board of Commissioners that the county’s juvenile-detention facility has had a sudden failure of its electronic door-lock system and needs immediate repairs and limited upgrades. Maguire said contractor emergency work cost $2,000 and that “it’s gonna cost $12,900 to replace it.”
Maguire said the county can use real estate excise tax (REET) funds for the lock work and described a second set of expenses tied to a…
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