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County administrator reports jail construction on schedule and readies fall decisions on existing facility
Summary
County Administrator Barry told commissioners the new jail construction is on schedule and on budget, a planned public tour was replaced by a video because of safety concerns, and the board will revisit options for the existing jail at the Oct. 21 work session.
County Administrator Barry updated commissioners on several administrative items including human-resources recruitment, progress on the new county jail, plans for a video tour at the next work session, next steps for the existing jail, and a small shared storage building project.
Barry said the county completed a second round of human-resources interviews and expects to identify a candidate soon. "We were unsuccessful in the first round... we interviewed three more folks... the hiring committee has... identified a candidate that we'd like to pursue," Barry said.
On the new jail project, Barry said construction remains on schedule and on budget.…
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