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Architects present 224-bed concept and $114M'$120M range for Chautauqua County jail replacement
Summary
LaBella Associates and Justice Planners presented a jail needs assessment that recommends planning around a 224-bed facility with concept cost estimates roughly $115 million to $120 million after escalation; presenters urged next steps for schematic design and updated budgets while the sheriff warned that the 1939 section may need closure soon.
Chautauqua County public safety officials and their consultants presented a jail needs assessment and concept plan that recommends planning for a 224-bed facility on the existing site and provided high-level cost estimates for an addition and renovation.
Mark Kukufka, principal in charge for LaBella Associates' municipal justice group, Dave Weller, senior project manager at LaBella, and Alan Richardson of Justice Planners summarized the study. Richardson said the team compiled jail, court and demographic data and produced baseline and alternate forecasts of average daily population (ADP). "With the data that we've gotten so far, said if nothing changes in the system in processing, this is the estimated forecast for the average daily…
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