Board adopts budget amendment to fund jail locking system and related line items

Sep 10, 2025

Charlotte County supervisors approved a budget amendment that formalized funding for a multi‑year service agreement for the county jail locking system and other amended line items after staff clarified amounts in the meeting packet.

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Chairman David called the board into a public hearing on a proposed budget amendment that included a five‑year service agreement for the county's jail locking system. Planning and finance staff had placed the quote from MCA in the packet showing annual amounts that rise from $8,407 to $12,238; staff cited a five‑year contract total of $52,082.99 and separately noted a system figure reported in the packet as $256,888.95.

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