Sunday, June 06, 1999
If van doesn't fit, jail plan takes a hit
Kenton waiting for new vehicles
BY JANE PRENDERGAST
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — When the new Kenton County justice center opens in two weeks, two brand-new vans will carry prisoners from the old jail to the new building.
If the vans are delivered in time.
And they'd better be — because the old ones won't fit.
The garage at the new $19.5 million building at Third Street and Madison Avenue includes a special spot for jail vans to pull in and deposit prisoners. But the slot for the vans is too small for the transport vehicles the county already owns.
The Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK) tried to help, offering one of its vans. But it also was too big.
That left the fiscal court with no choice but to shell out more than $50,000 for two new vehicles.
“We really do need them,” Chief Deputy Ron Washington said. “We can't do without them.”
So, Sheriff Chuck Korzenborn crosses his fingers and waits for the 15-passenger, specially fitted Dodges to arrive.
He was worried they could be held up by a threatened strike of vehicle-hauling Teamsters.
But as of last week, the vans were in Detroit awaiting transport to Kentucky.
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