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Trumbull County jail officials warn of failing plumbing and boilers; commissioners order specs for bids
Summary
The county jail has chronic plumbing failures, 12 cells out of service and an aging boiler system, county jail administrator Dave Bobby told commissioners; the board asked facilities staff to prepare engineering specifications so the county can advertise bids and pursue funding.
Dave (David) Bobby, identified in the transcript as the county jail administrator, told the Trumbull County Board of Commissioners that persistent plumbing failures, a leaking roof and repeated boiler malfunctions are straining operations and creating safety and legal risks for staff and incarcerated people.
"I respectfully request that the county prioritize a plan for substantial repair, replacement, or modernization of these critical system[s]," Bobby said, reading a letter that described toilets that will not flush, loss of drinking water in cells and a boiler that malfunctioned multiple times over a…
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