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County executive, public advocate outline regional training facility plan; residents seek greater local representation
Summary
County officials introduced an intergovernmental agreement (Bill 5403) to accept a state grant for a regional law enforcement training facility covering four counties. A public advocate and council members raised concerns about representation, location and potential duplication with local projects. The bill was introduced; no final vote occurred.
County officials presented an intergovernmental agreement to accept a state grant and create a regional law-enforcement training facility serving multiple counties, while a public advocate and council members questioned representation and potential duplication with local efforts.
County Executive Kelly (identified in the meeting as the executive) described the proposed facility as the product of several years of work with the executives of neighboring counties and said officials had been negotiating details and the composition of a governing commission. “If regionalism was easy, everybody would be doing it,” Kelly told the council, emphasizing the challenge of getting four county executives to agree on the plan.
Arnie C. Dinoff, identifying himself as…
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