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Fire apparatus, sheriff staffing and jail renovation dominate public-safety requests in SPLOST 9
Summary
Public-safety line items in the SPLOST 9 draft include $21.8 million for fire replacements (about $15 million for apparatus and funds for one replacement station), $103 million for sheriff requests including vehicle replacements, an announced $8.7 million grant to sustain 30 sheriff positions for three years, and an $85 million detention-center renovation option that would add two prefabricated pods (about 288 beds).
Fire and sheriff needs featured prominently in the work-session discussion of SPLOST 9. Administrator Allen and the fire chief explained that the fire department's current revised request totals $21,800,000, with roughly $15,000,000 earmarked for apparatus replacement and one new station included in the current package. The fire chief said much of the department's fleet and stations are beyond typical service life: "The life expectancy for a fire station is 50 years... Station 9, I think, is 58 years old," he…
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