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Freestone County accepts supplemental historical-commission funding, delays start of courthouse restoration
Summary
The commissioners accepted supplemental historical-commission funds for courthouse restoration but voted to accept the money without authorizing work now, citing jail capacity and budget priorities while preserving the grant for future action.
Freestone County commissioners on Feb. 4 voted to accept supplemental funding tied to the county's planned courthouse restoration while explicitly declining to authorize immediate construction.
Speaker 2 told the court the supplemental allocation increased the total grant package and altered the county's matching obligation, saying the 19.6% match applies to the supplemental funds and that the county's revised obligation was about $2,113,853. "It doesn't cost us anything to keep this available to us,"…
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