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Shelby County staff give construction update on Mental Health Safety and Justice Center; questions remain on operations
Summary
County officials reported that design and early construction work is underway for a 60-bed Shelby County Mental Health Safety and Justice Center; stakeholders, schedule and funding sources were described, but operational costs and some stakeholder involvement (judiciary, treatment partners) remain unresolved.
Shelby County Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Dorcas Young Griffin and Public Works Director Cliff Norville told commissioners on Tuesday that the Shelby County Mental Health Safety and Justice Center project is moving into early construction activity, but county leaders do not yet have a finalized plan for operating the facility once built.
Young Griffin said the project has a history of previous commission actions: two resolutions for initial design funding (one cited as December 2023 for $2,500,000), a design consultant contract with A2H passed in August 2024 for $1,700,000, and a construction-manager-at-risk (CMAR) contract with Flynn Co. for roughly $18,600,000 approved in November 2024. "We have been meeting regularly... project stakeholders [include] the CAO's office, public works, community services, the public defender and corrections," Young Griffin said.
Public Works Director Cliff Norville reviewed planned site work and…
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