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Goodhue County keeps $500,000 for detention‑center safety barriers and weighs a $35k–$40k facilities assessment
Summary
County staff told commissioners $500,000 is budgeted in the 2025 capital plan to start safety barriers at the Adult Detention Center and proposed a $35,000–$40,000 facilities master plan to inventory HVAC, plumbing and other infrastructure across county justice facilities; commissioners asked for clearer scope, vendor bids and cost breakdowns before moving forward.
County staff told the Committee of the Whole that $500,000 is currently included in the 2025 capital plan to begin installing safety barriers at the Adult Detention Center (ADC).
Marty, an ADC staff member, said the county’s 60‑bed unit has been empty since 2020 and that footage of a detainee fight on an upper tier prompted consideration of retrofit barriers. Staff displayed three barrier types — mesh, half‑height acrylic/plexiglass and vertical steel bars — and said vendor quotes are preliminary; Marty said the county prefers a vertical‑bar design and discussed a phased approach (two units per year or one large unit in…
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