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Council seeks answers after staff flags $700K—6M+ in additional Justice Center invoices

Boone County Council · December 9, 2025
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Summary

Council and staff reviewed Justice Center/BLT project invoices and change orders that appear to push county-funded expenses beyond the originally stated $59.1 million build-operate-transfer price; staff and legal counsel will analyze contracts and return in January with a status update.

County staff and council members spent a lengthy portion of the Dec. 9 meeting reviewing invoices and bond accounting tied to the Justice Center build-operate-transfer (BLT) project. A staff summary showed $771,004 in paid expenses categorized outside the BLT bond accounting and additional invoices that, combined with earlier change orders, could approach…

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