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County commissioners vote 2–1 to send letter to city on jail assessment after debate over overcrowding and $7 million debt
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners voted 2–1 to send a letter to the city about a jail assessment after commissioners debated overcrowding, the county’s $7,000,000 jail debt and whether federal or state prisoners affect finances and capacity.
The Board of County Commissioners voted 2–1 on May 30 to send a letter to the city regarding a jail assessment, after a lengthy debate about overcrowding, revenue from boarding prisoners and the county’s outstanding jail debt.
Unidentified Speaker 3 moved to advance "the letter to the city regarding the gel assessment" to the regular agenda and later said they would "be voting no on it," arguing parts of the letter were factually incomplete and that the county…
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