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Commission weighs jail/justice center options and wheel-tax funding
Summary
Officials reviewed estimates for a 75-bed justice center (expandable to 100 beds), discussed a Broadway site that could be filled at no cost by Enbridge, and debated wheel-tax options and referendum timing to fund construction. Commissioners requested engineering and cost estimates before any vote.
County leaders spent substantial time examining options and funding for a proposed justice center.
Mayor McCall (Unidentified Speaker 4) and consultants described a base plan for a 75-bed facility with room to expand to 100 beds; the design follows a "pieces of the pie" approach (25-bed increments). Consultants told the court that recent regional projects showed per-square-foot costs lower than some earlier estimates and suggested the packet figures could be conservative.
An alternative site near the current fire hall…
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