A proposed expansion to the Vanderburgh County jail is moving forward after Wednesday’s county council meeting.
The council voted to give American Structurepoint, Inc. $500,000 at the request of county commissioners. The money will come out of a fund reserved for public safety and will go toward initial design studies and cost estimates.
Commissioners went to the county council back in August with a similar request. That time for a million dollars. Council denied them the money with members worried they didn’t have enough information about the project.
Also at the Wednesday meeting, councilmembers signed a memorandum of understanding outlining the dispersal of the funds.
The agreement already received a thumbs-up from the building authority, and commissioners approved it at their meeting Tuesday.
A copy of the memorandum of understanding:
