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Commissioners authorize negotiation to buy building to house Community Corrections for $50,000
Summary
The board empowered the president to negotiate a $50,000 purchase of a downtown building to give Community Corrections a permanent home, a move commissioners said would save the program thousands annually compared with rent.
Marshall County commissioners voted to empower the board president to negotiate the purchase of a downtown building for Community Corrections for $50,000, with final sale documents to return to the commissioners and subject to council approval of any appropriation.
Beau (Community Corrections director) told commissioners his lease runs through December and that re-upping would raise his rent from about $27,000 a year to near $40,000. He said acquiring the building would reduce the program's long-term occupancy costs.
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