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Beltrami County commissioners ask staff to estimate operating-cost savings for jail demolition options
Summary
After reviewing consultant capital-cost estimates for repairing, partially demolishing or fully replacing the county jail, Beltrami County commissioners directed staff to prepare a ballpark operating-cost savings analysis with no lease-offset assumptions to inform an October decision.
Commissioner Sumner asked the Board of Commissioners to include the county jail on the October agenda for additional analysis, prompting an extended discussion of repair, partial demolition and full-demolition options for the county jail.
Administrator Barry said the consultant analysis focused on capital costs and produced three headline estimates: roughly $10,000,000 to rehabilitate the entire facility; about $8,600,000 to demolish roughly 75% of the jail and repurpose 25%; and roughly $6,000,000 for full demolition and new construction. "That number came out to be almost $10,000,000," Barry said about the…
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