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Cochise supervisors schedule public hearing to confirm continued establishment of jail district amid legal questions
Summary
The board voted 3-0 to call an Aug. 5 public hearing to consider continuing the county jail district; attorneys and a supervisor raised questions during the meeting about whether the district legally exists and how previously collected funds would be handled.
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors on July 1 adopted Resolution 25-16, calling a public hearing on Aug. 5 to consider the continued establishment of the Cochise County Jail District and, if appropriate, to reaffirm a November election on funding. The motion passed 3-0.
County counsel said the board originally followed the statutory formation steps in 2022 but that a subsequent settlement and legal issues prompted staff to seek a new board resolution and public hearing to clarify the district’s status going into the November ballot. “The statute does not necessarily lay out a plan for a situation such as ours, so we're doing our best to cover our bases,…
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