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Council meeting moves forward with authority action to facilitate housing of some prisoners; public speakers urge rejection
Summary
During the municipal facilities authority portion of the meeting, an item to facilitate housing city prisoners in a Cleveland County jail was on the docket and passed as part of a group of authority items. A resident urged the council not to approve the arrangement, citing jail conditions and a roughly $12,240 estimated cost.
Oklahoma City — The Oklahoma City Municipal Facilities Authority advanced a group of items that included an agreement to facilitate housing some city prisoners in a Cleveland County jail facility, prompting public criticism at the dais.
The authority convened and took a single motion covering multiple items; the package passed unanimously, according to the public record. A member of the public, Michael Washington, addressed the horseshoe prior to the vote and urged officials to…
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