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Budget board approves up-to-$50,000 supplement for juvenile detention heat exchangers, places other repairs on watch list
Summary
Oklahoma County budget board approved using September supplement funds to pay up to $50,000 for two failing heat exchangers at the county juvenile detention facility and placed $32,000 worth of immediate repairs (two water heaters and chiller band-aids) on the watch list after hearing that resident costs have surged and oversight has tightened.
Speaker 6, a juvenile bureau representative, told the Oklahoma County Budget Board the facility has little budget wiggle room after a year in which the bureau spent roughly 98% of its allocation and resident costs rose about 94% from fiscal 2022–23 to 2023–24. “Resident costs, however, have gone up 94% on average,” Speaker 6 said, describing steep increases in food and other resident expenses and adding that staff turnover has improved but the bureau cannot rely on holding vacancies to save money.
The bureau representative described increased oversight…
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