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File #: 2025-1655    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Action
File created: 11/4/2025 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 11/17/2025 Final action:
Title: Commission District(s): All Commission Districts To Amend the FY2025 Operating Budget to Appropriate Funding to Address Critical Infrastructure Repairs to the DeKalb County Jail.

Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Chief Executive Office

SUBJECT:
Title
Commission District(s): All Commission Districts
To Amend the FY2025 Operating Budget to Appropriate Funding to Address Critical Infrastructure Repairs to the DeKalb County Jail.
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Information Contact: Zachary L. Williams, Executive Assistant/Chief Operating Officer
Phone Number: 404-371-2174

PURPOSE:
To amend the FY2025 operating budget to appropriate funding to address critical infrastructure repairs to the DeKalb County Jail.

NEED/IMPACT:
This agenda item appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Fund - Budgetary Reserve to address necessary repairs and capital improvements. Funding will be allocated per the priority list below:


Tasks
Vendor
Cost
Comments
Roof Repairs
NBC
$900,000.00
See attached aerial photo. This cost is to repair three areas of the Dekalb County Jail's roof: 1.Sheriff's Admin. Roof 2. Intake Area roof 3.Jail Administrative roof.
Elevators Repairs
KONE
$1,500,000.00
The cost will overhaul elevators and bring up to State Code.
Jail Locks
Cornerstone
$1,525,000.00
Replace Folger Adams locks with Defender Locks.
Toilet/Sinks
TKC
$1,500,000.00
Replace 1,534 Toilets
Lights
TKC
$200,000.00
Replace 197 Cell Light Fixtures
Wood Removal & Repairs
Kissberg/Parker-Fry
$375,000.00
The cost is to replace all wood in sections - 3A Mental Health area, Intake area and to add temporary walls and cleaning.
These repairs are necessary to maintain the security of the facility and to ensure the safety of staff, citizens and individuals being held in the facility

FISCAL IMPACT:
Increase appropriations for the following account by the amounts indicated below:
Contributions to Capital - General Fund - Transfer to CIP Fund (09041.611350.100.000.0000) - $6,000,000
Decrease appropriations for the following account by the amount indicated below:
Fund Reserves - General Fund - Budgetar...

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