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Morrow County authorizes local jail capital project grant agreement; transcript shows inconsistent project figures
Summary
The commissioners authorized a local jail capital project grant agreement for the Morrow County jail and approved the chairman to sign. The spoken dollar figures in the record are inconsistent and are flagged for clarification before publication.
The Morrow County Board of Commissioners authorized execution of a local jail capital project grant agreement for the county jail facility and approved the chairman to sign the agreement.
During the agenda reading a county official described the item as a '$5,000,000 project' and then read additional dollar amounts for the state and county shares. The transcript records those amounts as: 'the state portion, $84,000,320, and the county portion, 680,000.' Those three figures are inconsistent with each other and with typical grant-match arithmetic; the board approved the authorization but the amounts should be verified with county staff before any public reporting.
The motion to authorize the agreement was moved and seconded and passed on roll call with Commissioners Mason, Abraham and Siegfried recorded as voting yes. The board additionally approved execution and signature authority for the chairman; no further implementation timetable or funding schedule was provided during the meeting.
The board approved several related routine maintenance and facilities items in the same session, including crack filling quotes for courthouse parking and Walnut Place and a short list of smaller appropriations.
