Brown County Commissioners on Monday morning, March 25, 2019, approved bids for remodeling the kitchen in the Brown County Law Enforcement Center.  It was a 4-1 vote with Commissioner Joel Kelton opposing.

The total cost of the project was $123,280.96.   Bids and those awarded are as follows:

Quarry Tile Flooring and Base
Callaway’s Carpet, Abilene – $66,203.00
Jones Carpets, Brownwood – $39,818.96 (winning bid)
All Commercial Floors, Grand Prairie – $52,102

Kitchen Equipment
Supreme Fixture Co. Inc – San Angelo – $12,200. (only and winning bid)

Plumbing
Heart of Texas Mechanical Contracting – Brownwood – $15,937 (only and winning bid)

Mechanical
Heart of Texas Mechanical Contracting – Brownwood – $5,232 (only and winning bid)

Electrical
Weldon Wilson Electric Inc. – Brownwood – $16,527 – (winning bid)
Dennard Electric – Brownwood – $17,700

Painting
Dean Hagler, Ltd – Abilene – $22,566 (only and winning bid)

Door Modifications
No bids

Brown County Sheriff, Vance Hill, told KOXE/KBWD News that the kitchen project will start in about two weeks and will take about five weeks to complete.   The process calls for taking out all the old equipment, ripping up the old floors, repainting the walls and ceilings and then place a new ceramic type tile floor.  During that time, inmates will be served mainly cold meals but the Sheriff’s Department has reached out to some local restaurant owners who are going to help the county prepare some of the meals.

As of Monday, March 25, there were 145 inmates in the Brown County Law Enforcement Center, according to Sheriff Hill in his report to County Commissioners.