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Commissioners delay JMUD jail grant approval, request workshop and sheriff's-office participation
Summary
Commissioners heard a staff summary of a state-mandated jail grant (roughly $331,000) and agreed to hold a workshop to get details from jail medical providers and sheriff's staff before approving the application.
The Curry County Board of Commissioners on April 15 discussed a state-related jail funding opportunity intended to help the county meet a mandate for medical care and medication-delivery in the jail.
Ted Fitzgerald, director of county operations, said the grant would fund equipment and personnel required to administer certain medications to people housed in the jail and that the county was considering a request in the range of roughly $331,000. "We're looking at a total of 300 and I will right now, we're looking at $331,000," Fitzgerald said.
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