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Sperry records grant request to acquire former jail on S. Cincinnati; minutes contain conflicting dollar figures
Summary
Board minutes list a REAP grant request for the former jail at 116 S. Cincinnati Avenue with a purchase price of $99,750 and a recorded request of $100,000 toward acquisition; a later section of the minutes repeats the jail purchase with a different grant amount, producing an internal inconsistency that the minutes do not resolve.
The Oct. 14 special meeting minutes record a REAP grant request that includes an item to fund part of the purchase of the former jail building at 116 S. Cincinnati Avenue. The minutes list the purchase price as $99,750 and record a grant request figure of $100,000 toward that purchase; the minutes state that a portion of the purchase price would come from the police department savings account.
A later motion in the minutes that formalizes a separate equipment grant (Ditch Witch) repeats an entry about the old jail and shows a different dollar figure in the same paragraph. The minutes do not reconcile the differing grant-request amounts; trustees voted unanimously on the motions as recorded, and the board did not provide additional clarification at the meeting. The town clerk or board staff should be consulted to confirm which grant request amount the town intends to submit.
