New furniture for Kentucky legislative staff costs taxpayers more than $900,000
FRANKFORT -- Hundreds of employees of Kentucky lawmakers in the state Capitol and Capitol Annex in Frankfort have new office furniture at a cost of $918,813.88 to state taxpayers.
Mike Wynn, spokesman for the Legislative Research Commission, the bureaucratic arm of the Kentucky General Assembly, said the purchase for 322 non-partisan staffers was necessary.
“In short, we’ve reached a tipping point,” said Wynn. “Our furniture is more than a decade old, and many items have suffered significant wear over the years. It’s now cheaper to replace those items than repair them.”
The new furniture included desks, desk chairs, side chairs and bookcases. Fifty executive desks were purchased for $1,349 each, while other types of desks ranged from $667 to $1,239. More than 290 bookcases were bought for $815 each and 276 guest chairs were $339 each.
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