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Monroe County hears schedule, milestones for new justice center; residents press concerns about jail site and future use
Summary
County project manager presented a multi‑year timeline for a combined sheriff’s office, jail and justice center; councilors pressed on costs and operations and a resident urged reconsideration of the North Park site and bed counts.
Monroe County Council heard a timeline update Feb. 25 for the proposed combined sheriff’s office, jail and justice center and received public comment urging the council to reconsider building details, site selection and bed count.
Scott Carnegie, project manager with DLZ, told the council the project has completed early site and environmental work and is moving from predesign toward schematic design. “We started the predesign phase for the justice facility on April 17,” Carnegie said, and he listed near‑term milestones: presentation of the predesign package to the combined commissioners and council on Feb. 27, a planned close on…
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