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Commissioners debate decommissioning Fisher County jail; motion introduced
Summary
Commissioners discussed decommissioning the county jail versus keeping it depopulated, focusing on inspection costs, staffing requirements and reopening delays; Speaker 11 moved to decommission the facility, but the transcript contains no recorded vote.
A motion to decommission the Fisher County jail was introduced during the commissioners' meeting, following an extended discussion about costs, inspections and staffing.
Speaker 11 moved 'to decommission it,' calling the facility 'a money pit' and arguing the county should remove the jail from the Texas Jail Commission roll. Speaker 5 explained the difference between 'depopulated' and 'decommissioned' status: decommissioning removes the facility from the commission roster but would require treating any future reopening as new construction, with substantially higher reopening costs and delays.
Speakers described the inspections and work needed to reopen the…
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