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Commissioners hear $68,000 estimate for jail air-handler repairs to avoid moving inmates
Summary
Commissioner Basham reported two failing air handlers in the county jail (one serving dispatch) and presented quotes totaling about $68,000; he said the expense could be covered by jail and maintenance budgets and warned that failure to act could require moving inmates out of county.
Commissioner Basham reported that two air-handler units in the county jail (Unit 5 and Unit 2 where dispatch is) were failing and presented two quotes from a vendor, Jacob's Cathy, to restore both units. Basham said the combined quote was "a little under 70,000," and that the jail and maintenance budgets contained funds to cover the repairs.
"If we don't address this issue, the other commission will shut W. Dan. We'll have to move 40 more inmates out of county," Basham said, emphasizing operational and fiscal implications of inaction.
Commissioners discussed budget availability and suggested proceeding with the vendor work; no formal motion to award a contract was recorded at the meeting, but commissioners indicated support to move forward and to coordinate use of existing jail maintenance and capital budgets to pay for the repairs.
