County jail money, the need for it and the lack of it, dominated the latest testy meeting of the Oklahoma County Budget Board.
Jail administrator Tim Kimrey shocked Commissioner Brian Maughan by hiring an attorney for $140,000 a year when Kimrey said he has staff on food stamps and he continues to plead for more money to pay detention officers and other staff.
“I think it came as a surprise to the budget board as well as the (jail) trustees,” Maughan said after the meeting on Thursday, Nov. 20…