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County jail expansion over budget by $7M

County jail expansion over budget by $7M
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Seven million dollars is how much over budget the voter-approved project to expand and renovate the Hays County’s public safety facilities, including its jail, is.

As a result of the overrun, Hays County Commissioners took no action Tuesday on accepting or declining the proposed guaranteed maximum price (GMP) on its list of projects under Proposition 1 of the 2016 bond.

Mike Kaiman, vice president of Turner Construction, the company which Hays County hired to compile a GMP, presented county leaders with an update on the cost of its bond project.

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