Justice Reed presents jail-bond reimbursement; committee debates whether funds require new appropriation
The quorum court discussed a reimbursement—recorded in the transcript as roughly $364,000—related to a jail bond and whether the returned funds are already appropriated by ballot/ordinance (2017-02). County counsel said the funds were receipted into special fund 318 and no immediate appropriation was required; the resolution was withdrawn for procedural handling.
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Justice Reed introduced a resolution to place on the public record that the county had satisfied its debt on a jail bond and that a reimbursement had been received (the transcript references the figure as '364,17' and later '364,000'). He asked Mr. Russo to explain whether that reimbursement required a fresh appropriation or was governed by the original ballot and ordinance.
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