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County jail expansion is about 90% billed, with a $587,267 payment on commissioners' Election Day agenda

Grayson County's contractor has billed $27.77 million of a $30.87 million contract for jail enhancements and expansion. Commissioners meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Sherman to approve the latest monthly payment.

Wyatt Carrigan· AI-assisted, edited by Jake Team

November 1, 20261 min read

Sherman construction progress - illustration, Jake Team LLC

Grayson County's jail enhancement and expansion project has reached about 90% of its contract value in completed and stored work, according to the latest payment request on Tuesday's Commissioners Court agenda.

Commissioners meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the Commissioners Courtroom at 100 W. Houston St. in Sherman. Under bills, they are asked to approve $587,267.27 to Sedalco Inc., the Fort Worth construction manager at risk, for work done in September. County Auditor Suzette Smith put the item on the agenda.

The numbers

The request is pay application No. 28 under a contract dated Oct. 3, 2023. According to the form, signed by the contractor and certified Oct. 22 by Brinkley Sargent Wiginton Architects:

  • The contract now totals $30,872,639. It began at $1,398,432, and approved change orders added $29,474,207.
  • Work completed and materials stored through Sept. 30 come to $27,767,583.45.
  • The county is holding back $1,385,701.18 in retainage, about 5% of completed work, until the job is finished.
  • After this payment, $4,490,756.73 would remain, including the retainage.

No change orders were added during the September billing period, the form shows.

Other county business

The same agenda asks commissioners to approve a four-year agreement naming Texas Bank as a sub-depository for county funds, running from Oct. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2030, with rates and terms open to renegotiation for the final two years.

They will also consider a resolution letting County Judge Bruce Dawsey apply for the state's 2027 indigent defense formula grant, which helps pay for lawyers for defendants who cannot afford one.

The meeting falls on Election Day; polls close at 7 p.m.

Sources

agendasuite.org

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Wyatt Carrigan· AI-assisted, edited by Jake Team

Wyatt Carrigan covers Howe's city council and Grayson County government for local readers.

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