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Rockwall commissioners split over funding plan for sheriff’s remodel; court approves $204,000 ARPA addendum
Summary
Commissioners debated funding sources and phasing for a $7.3–7.4 million sheriff’s office remodel that relies on ARPA, remaining jail bond money and reserves. Court approved Addendum No. 2 to an MOU reallocating about $204,000 in ARPA to the remodel, 5–0.
Rockwall County commissioners debated how to fund a remodeled sheriff’s operations center — a project officials said now costs roughly $7.3–7.4 million — and voted to reallocate $204,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the project.
Judge David New and Commissioner Nico Stacy, who presented the remodel plan, said the project originally estimated at much lower cost ran over as scope and project costs changed during jail construction. Stacy outlined a three‑phase approach intended to allow work to start under available funds and to ensure federal ARPA timing requirements are met. He said the county has about $5.4 million committed to the remodel from a mix of ARPA, jail bond…
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