County to receive Reimbursement

After a problem was identified by the State Fire Marshal’s Office $225,000 will be reimbursed to Coffee County. The money coming back to the county is because of a problem with the smoke evacuation system at the county jail.
Because of the problems with the smoke evacuation system, inmates were not moved until May 2015.
Also, the county had to spend more than $300,000 additionally for upgrades to the smoke system in order to comply with the state’s standards.
After months of negotiations, Centric Architecture, SSR and the county reached an agreement in August. The two companies will pay $225,000 to the county, and SSR will receive the excess materials and equipment the county purchased but didn’t use.
SSR will pay to the county $197,000, and Centric Architecture will pay $28,000.