San Mateo County tentatively agrees to $2.35M settlement with sewer agency over jail junk
By APThursday, October 8, 2009
$2.35M tentative settlement over jail toilet junk
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — A California sewer agency suspected that inmates were the culprits for towels, pens and food that kept jamming their pipes.
One item was the real giveaway: orange jail jumpsuits.
The clogs have forced San Mateo County to tentatively agree to pay a $2.35 million settlement to cover the “extraordinary efforts” needed to clear the lines coming from Maguire Correctional Facility.
South Bayside System Authority sued the county last year over the repairs after sending it several notices to “cease and desist” allowing foreign objects in the jail toilets.
The settlement also asks the county to keep better tabs on the jail discharge.
Deputy County Counsel Portor Goltz did not return a call for comment.
Information from: San Mateo County Times, www.sanmateotimes.com
