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Committee reviews ARPA/Harper fund options for coroner facility and detention center; enters executive session to discuss a property purchase
Summary
Staff outlined two coroner facility scenarios and updates on detention center engineering procurement and ARPA timing; the committee voted to enter executive session under code 30-4-70(a)(2) to discuss a proposed real‑property purchase using ARPA funds and later reported no votes in executive session.
Miss Stanley presented remaining Harper/ARPA fund balances and explained compliance requirements: contracts must be dated by Dec. 31 and funds physically spent by Dec. 31, 2026; obligations must be documented with a PO or contract. Her handout listed the remaining balance in staff materials (transcripted figures were approximate in the record).
Staff described two scenarios for a coroner facility: retrofitting a 1,500-square-foot block building versus constructing a new building (including a potential site near the jail). Members raised questions about sewer access, the need for a lift station, septic alternatives and likely additional costs. Staff also reported they are assembling an engineering committee and expect to select firms within about a month to develop detention-center cost estimates.
Before moving to executive session, committee members agreed to solicit departmental
