Council authorizes $61,249 payment to Mosley Engineering for detention-center drainage assessment

The Marlboro County Council authorized payment to Mosley Engineering to complete a drainage and needs assessment at the county detention center.

Mr. Park requested authorization to pay Mosley Engineering $61,249 plus out-of-pocket costs for the assessment and asked that the payment come from the council contingency fund because the detention center budget lacks sufficient funds. He said the amount is already in the county's existing budget and that the assessment will include a scope and cost estimate to determine what additional work will cost.

During discussion, council members asked whether the assessment will provide a full scope and cost analysis; one speaker noted that the $61,249 assessment "is not going to fix the structural issues," indicating the council expects the assessment to define the full monetary scope of needed repairs. The presenter confirmed the needs assessment is intended to determine the costs required to resolve the problem.

A motion to pay Mosley Engineering from the council contingency was moved, seconded and approved unanimously; the transcript does not provide exact roll-call tallies. Council members were told the funds requested are available in the county budget and will be charged to council contingency because the detention center account does not have adequate funding.

The assessment is intended to yield a full scope and cost estimate for remediation work; the transcript records the $61,249 figure and references additional out-of-pocket costs but does not enumerate those extra amounts.