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Resident urges transparency on juvenile detention center costs; council hears mixed public comment
3295753 · May 13, 2025
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Summary
A Forney resident urged the council to seek an itemized breakdown and questioned the $40 million cost for a county juvenile detention center after a related proposition passed; another speaker praised Forney city government.
During open forum, resident Tessa Horton expressed concern about a recently passed proposition to build a juvenile detention center and asked for more transparency from county officials about the project's cost and scope.
"I do not think that means that we should dump $40,000,000 into this facility," Horton said, adding that she believed a library…
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