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Senator presses Department of Corrections CFO on prison cost estimates and sewer and water impacts; CFO says he lacks details
Summary
Senator Stubblefield questioned Department of Corrections Chief Financial Officer Chad Brown about when the agency first received cost estimates for a proposed prison and raised environmental concerns about treated sewage and water access; Brown said he was not involved in the earlier conversations and could not provide the requested details.
Senator Stubblefield questioned Chad Brown, chief financial officer for the Department of Corrections, about the timeline and cost estimates for a proposed prison project and raised concerns about water access and wastewater discharges into local creeks that serve private wells.
Nut graf: The exchange highlighted disagreement among elected officials and agency staff over what information has been shared about a large prison construction project, including its estimated construction cost and the infrastructure needed to serve the site.
Stubblefield said public records show the agency received an estimate in…
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