The long awaited completion of the structural engineering report from Garver and Garver Engineering is expected to reach the county offices and the Pulaski County Quorum Court by Friday January 4th at 4:00 PM.

This report will determine if the roof on the old jail building can be repaired or if that section of the jail building will have to be torn down and rebuilt. Previous estimates were that the costs were going to be in the range of 1.3 million dollars to repair the roof and replace the boilers for the heat and air. Based on what it cost for Faulkner county to build a new facility in Conway, it would cost between 4 and 5 million for a 200 bed facility.

I will have much more once I have a chance to read the report.

Allen Kerr