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Commissioners approve $100,000 amendment for new jail design amid calls for competitive RFQs
Summary
The court approved Amendment No. 6 (fixed-fee $100,000) to the county's jail architectural contract to continue planning for a new Liberty County jail and northwest annex; one commissioner urged issuing RFQs for transparency, and the amendment passed with a recorded 3–1 vote.
Liberty County commissioners moved forward on planning for a new jail and a northwest annex by approving Amendment No. 6 to the existing architectural services agreement.
The amendment — described by county staff as a fixed fee of $100,000 to attach to the base contract — will fund further architectural programming and design work. Proponents argued a local jail is a county priority because…
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