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Commissioners table request to buy two jail transport vans until fiscal plan is completed
Summary
Chris Raine asked commissioners to use federal inmate-reimbursement funds to buy two transport vans; after debate over mileage, liability and county finances, the board voted to table the purchase until a fiscal plan is submitted.
Chris Raine, the agenda presenter on jail transportation, asked the Pulaski County commissioners to approve buying two transport vehicles using federal inmate-reimbursement money, saying the county’s current vans have very high mileage and repeated mechanical problems.
“Almost 37,000 miles in 2025,” Raine said while outlining the county’s transport workload, and he described frequent out-of-state federal runs. He said the fleet includes older vans running “more than”…
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