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Marion County Council approves jail support building plan, moves to replace aging generator
Summary
Council members heard plans for a support building and voted to replace the detention center's aging generator after officials said the county has Department of Corrections approval and local sales-tax funds available.
Marion County Council members on the evening's agenda reviewed plans to build a support building at the county detention center and approved a motion to replace the facility's generator.
County officials, Sheriff Brown Wallace and Director Greg Floyd, told council the support building and related work are part of a multi-phase effort to correct long-standing deficiencies flagged by the South Carolina Department of Corrections and the fire marshal. Floyd said the county's inspections have reduced reported deficiencies from dozens several years ago to a small number that the support building and future housing expansion would address.
The support building is a design-build project awarded to Gilbert Construction, council was told. Officials said the S.C. Department of Corrections has approved the plans and the…
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