City getting second inmate work crew to tackle cemetery maintenance, more

Posted on September 24, 2021

The City of Perry has taken the first step toward securing a state inmate work crew needed to resume mowing and maintaining Woodlawn Cemetery and other labor-intensive projects around the city.

During a public hearing on the proposed budget for 2021-22 at the city’s Sept. 14 meeting, City Manager Taylor Brown informed the city council he had signed a contract with the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to allow the city to train a city employee to oversee a state inmate work crew.

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