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Ellis County retains HOK to create conceptual design, cost estimate for relocated jail at county farm

5546054 · August 5, 2025
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Commissioners approved task order 007 with Helmuth, Obata & Kassebaum (HOK) to produce a conceptual design and rough order-of-magnitude cost estimate to support financing decisions for a relocated Ellis County jail at the county farm.

Ellis County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to retain Helmuth, Obata & Kassebaum (HOK) to develop a conceptual design and rough order-of-magnitude cost estimate for a proposed relocated county jail at the Ellis County Farm. The task order (007) was approved in the amount of $177,100 plus reimbursable expenses.

County leaders said the work follows a previously commissioned master plan that recommended relocating the jail from the downtown site to land at the county farm to allow future expansion and to consolidate justice…

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