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Board approves perimeter fence for detention center using grant funds; staffing request referred to next budget
Summary
The board approved using North Carolina Department of Public Safety Detention Center grant funds (about $189,225) to install a perimeter fence at the sheriff’s detention center and agreed to consider four additional detention positions in the next fiscal budget after jail staffing concerns were raised.
Sheriff’s Office staff requested board approval to use North Carolina Department of Public Safety detention grant funds to install perimeter fencing around the Columbus County detention center and presented a separate staffing request for four additional detention officers.
Robert Creech…
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