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Commissioners pause jail locking project, authorize manager to terminate agreement and approve $150,000 interim transfer for sheriff's operations
Summary
After managers and commissioners described staffing and logistical obstacles to renovating cell blocks, the board authorized county staff to terminate the jail locking-mechanisms contract if needed, and approved a $150,000 transfer from capital funds to the sheriff's operating budget as a short-term measure.
Union County commissioners on May 5 moved to pause a jail locking-mechanisms project and authorized the county manager to terminate the agreement if doing so is in the county’s best interest. Commissioners also approved a $150,000 budget transfer from available capital improvement funding to the Union County Sheriff’s Office to cover personnel and operations until the board could consider a fuller report.
County staff told the board a full renovation of the jail blocks would require relocating large groups of inmates for extended periods, and that finding a neighboring county…
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