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Okeechobee County accepts jail expansion closeout report; board approves bond redemption and small GMP adjustment
Summary
County commissioners received a final progress report on the multi‑year jail expansion project, approved a partial redemption of sales-tax bonds projected to save roughly $2.1 million, and authorized a $67,000 owner change order to reconcile direct-purchase items in the GMP.
The Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners on Monday accepted a final progress report on the county jail expansion and renovation project and approved related financial housekeeping intended to save the county money.
The project team, represented at the meeting by the construction manager (speaker 16) and the design lead (speaker 17), told commissioners the phased work corrected long-standing infrastructure issues, added program and ADA-compliant space and used prefabricated modular cells to speed installation. "We designed a facility that... extends the life of that…
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