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County approves engineering study for proposed jail and judicial center after consultant estimates $25M–$29M

County Commission · February 24, 2026
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County commissioners authorized the mayor to seek engineering services for a proposed jail/judicial center after preliminary consultant figures put combined construction costs between $25 million and $29 million; commissioners voted unanimously to proceed with site work planning.

County commissioners voted unanimously to authorize the county mayor to solicit engineering services for a proposed jail and judicial center after receiving preliminary cost ranges from a consultant.

The mayor told the commission he had spoken with Jim Langford, who provided rough figures: "we were talking in a range from 16,000,000 to 19,000,000 for a basic jail," and, for moving court functions to the same site, "the number that he shot me was between…

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