Mercer County Board Member Ted Pappas, Jr.

Mercer County Board Member Ted Pappas, Jr. of Sherrard says the county general fund is looking at a projected $1.1 million deficit and much of that is attributed to bond payments on the Mercer County Jail expansion and a shortfall in foreign prisoner revenue. He wants to see if the county board can remove itself from the burden. A budget committee has been formed and has been appropriated $5,000 to hire outside counsel to evaluate the issue.
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