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Whitley County approves detention center expansion bid and accepts donated parcel for project
Summary
The county fiscal court voted to award a bid for the Whitley County Detention Center expansion and accepted a donated .328-acre parcel valued at $10,000 to support the project; Judge/Executive Pat White, Jr. was disqualified from the land-donation vote.
The Whitley County Fiscal Court approved awarding the bid for an expansion of the Whitley County Detention Center and accepted a donated .328-acre parcel to be used for that expansion.
Magistrate Michael Jarboe moved to award the bid and Magistrate Raleigh Meadors seconded; the motion passed unanimously, according to the meeting record. The minutes do not identify the successful bidder or provide contract details. In an add-on item the court also moved to accept a donation of 0.328 acre from Pat White, Jr. and his wife, with a stated fair-market value of $10,000.00 to be used for the detention center expansion; the record notes Judge White was disqualified from that vote.
Court minutes list the motions as unanimous approvals except where disqualification is noted. The record does not specify a contractor, timeline, or funding source for construction; those details were not included in the presented meeting record. The court's action advances the project administratively but leaves open procurement specifics and implementation steps.
