Atlanta 市拘留中心6800万美元出售案获委员会支持 全会10月19日审议
Atlanta——位于佐治亚州富尔顿县的亚特兰大市，Atlanta 市议会财政/行政委员会10月14日表决支持将市拘留中心出售给 Fulton County 的提案，表决结果为2票赞成、0票反对、3票弃权。Alex Wan 与 Wayne Martin 投赞成票，Jason Winston、Byron Amos 与 Matt Westmoreland 弃权。委员会的支持只是建议，不是全会的最终批准；全会审议定于10月19日下午1时举行。
第26-R-4001号决议拟授权市长签署出售协议，出售对象为位于 254 Peachtree Street SW 的 Atlanta 市拘留中心，价格上限为6,800万美元。另有一份与 Fulton County 及警长办公室的租约安排，期限最长50年、租金上限为1美元，以保留市方羁押人员与市政法院案件所需的空间；县方还须继续为转介与服务中心预留空间并履行既有协议。Atlanta 保留为期最长50年的优先拒绝权与优先购买权，县方若向第三方出售该物业，市方优先。
此案此前于10月5日被市议会推迟两周表决。县方称需要这座设施缓解 Rice Street 监狱的拥挤；县方估计该中心约需7,500万美元升级费用。市首席财务官 Muhamed Ralla 在信中表示，6,800万美元售房款可进入市基金余额或用于一次性相关项目，市方保留的小型惩教单位年运营成本估计将从目前约3,000万美元降至1,000万至1,200万美元。
信息来源：Atlanta 市议会委员会会议记录（经 NickO Report 梳理）、Atlanta Focal 报道
Atlanta Panel Backs $68 Million Detention Center Sale; Full Council to Weigh It October 19
ATLANTA — Atlanta is a city in Fulton County, Georgia. Atlanta's Finance/Executive Committee voted on October 14 to back a proposed sale of the Atlanta City Detention Center to Fulton County, recording a favorable recommendation of 2-0 with three abstentions. Alex Wan and Wayne Martin voted yes; Jason Winston, Byron Amos and Matt Westmoreland abstained. The committee recommendation is not final Council authorization, and full Council consideration is listed for October 19 at 1 p.m.
Resolution 26-R-4001 would authorize the mayor to execute a sale agreement for the detention center at 254 Peachtree Street SW, at a price not exceeding $68 million. A separate lease with Fulton County and the sheriff, lasting up to 50 years and capped at $1, would preserve space for people in city custody or under Atlanta Municipal Court jurisdiction, and the county would continue reserving space and honoring existing agreements for the Center for Diversion and Services. Atlanta would retain rights of first refusal and a first purchase option, for up to 50 years, before Fulton could sell the property to a third party.
The Council had postponed action on the sale for two weeks on October 5. Fulton County says it needs the facility to ease overcrowding at its Rice Street jail and has estimated the center needs about $75 million in upgrades. City Chief Financial Officer Muhamed Ralla wrote that the $68 million could go into the city's fund balance or pay for one-time related projects, and that annual operating costs for the city's retained corrections unit would fall from the center's current roughly $30 million budget to between $10 million and $12 million.
Sources: Atlanta City Council committee minutes, reviewed by NickO Report; Atlanta Focal
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