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Jefferson County approves contract for consultant to convert old jail into juvenile facility
Jefferson County commissioners and Jefferson County Council · February 6, 2026
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Summary
The boards approved hiring Josh Nichols as consultant/project manager to ready the old jail as a juvenile facility at $12,700 per month from March through December; staff will finalize remodel checklists to get firm contractor bids.
Jefferson County commissioners and the county council approved a contract to hire Josh Nichols as the consultant and project manager for converting the county’s old jail into a juvenile facility.
Speaker 2 said the county has received state approval to repurpose the old jail but lacked detailed remodel estimates. To solve that,…
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