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Quorum Court approves funds to replace detention-facility generator after fuel contamination

Quorum Court of Marion County, Arkansas · December 31, 2025
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Summary

County staff reported biodiesel contamination in the detention facility generator; the court approved renting a temporary unit and appropriating funds for a natural-gas replacement quoted at $86,786.47 and line-installation work estimated at $10,432.

The Marion County Quorum Court authorized funds to keep the detention facility operational after staff explained the current generator was contaminated when biodiesel was put into the tank at first fueling.

"When they put biodiesel in the generator, it grew algae," said an unidentified county staff member (Speaker 1), who described repeated unsuccessful…

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