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Commissioners dispute Foster's report that county received $10 million
Summary
A Foster's article claimed the county received a $10,000,000 payment; commissioners said the county did not receive such funds and suggested the article may have misread a contract cap or allocation ceiling.
Commissioners addressed a media report that, according to Speaker 4, stated the county "had received a $10,000,000 payment." Speaker 2 and Speaker 1 denied the county received such funds.
Speaker 5 (interjecting context) suggested the $10 million figure could be a contract cap or an allocation ceiling used in procurement documents — a maximum payment the federal agency might authorize under a contract — rather than an appropriation or cash transfer to the county.
"The people just make this stuff up," Speaker 1 said when the $10 million claim was raised. Commissioners did not present contract documents in the meeting; they said they would investigate the article's sourcing and the apparent discrepancy between contract language and actual county receipts.
No formal action was taken at the meeting; commissioners asked staff to follow up on the reporting and, if necessary, provide clarifying documentation.
