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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock Nrwa Staff Writer
pahannock’s jail renovation continue to spiral upward, topping $141,000 after a meeting last week with State Department of Corrections officials, according to Supervisor Hubert Gilkey. At the same time, money that the supervisors were expecting in reimbursement for half the renovation cost has been cut from the State Department of Corrections’ budget. Gilkey cautioned his fellow supervisors at Monday’s board meeting that Department of Corrections representatives think figures for the renovation work are low, based on their estimates
reported that architectural plans for upgrading the county’s 24-hour lock-up to meet state standards for jails must also be sent to Richmond one more time for final approval.
A sprinkler system is still at issue, he said. Since the only combustible materials in
the cells 'w^ll be mattresses and inmates’ clothes, the Department of Corrections ruled that sprinklersscan be omitted from the cllf blocks if a hose is installed and if the deletion is okayed by the county building inspector, Gilkey said.
With sprinklers situated so that water spray can reach the cells, inmates will also be able to reach the sprinklers and could remove the heads or put a match under them to activate the emergency system, he noted. In addition, Gilkey maintained that installation of a sprinkler system in the jail would adversely affect the town of Washington’s water supply.
Projections on renovation cost started at $150,000 last March, dropped to $65,000 in July and then climbed up to $115,000 in November. The announcement from Gilkey that the estimate now Estimates on Rapof
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