The emergency purchase orders resulting from the April 29 jail explosion have cost Escambia County to date: $5,435,054. Those does not include the cost of replacing vehicles under the Department of Corrections that were damaged by flooding, another $464,727.
Radios | $87,554 |
Healthcare | $112,000 |
Housing | $5,073,500 |
Mental Health | $50,000 |
Nurses | $112,000 |
Total | $5,435,054 |
Purchase orders:
Health_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112
Housing_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112
Linens_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112
Mental_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112
Nurses_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112
Radios_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112
SRJail_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112
Vehicles_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112
Note: When Sheriff David Morgan sent in his budget request for the jail last year, he asked for $6.3 million to hire 83 detention deputies & 12 detention assistants. He also wanted to bring up starting detention deputy pay to match Road Prison deputy pay at an additional cost of $658,409.