Falls Church, Arlington Agree to Size of Outstanding Jail Bill

The City of Falls Church and Arlington County issued a joint press statement this afternoon announcing that the issue of the outstanding sum owed by Falls Church to Arlington for services at the Arlington Detention Center has been resolved. The statement acknowledges an error in an outside contractor’s software resulted in a huger overbilling of Falls Church, in excess of $2 million, and that it was been corrected so that it is projected by both government entities that the amount Falls Church will owe to Arlington in the coming fiscal year is $123,000.

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