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Board reviews four jail options and bond scenarios; staff shows tax‑rate impacts
Summary
Consultants gave the board four reuse/new‑build jail scenarios with site alternatives and cost ranges; finance staff presented bond financing illustrations and estimated tax‑rate impacts for each option ahead of an April/May decision on what to place on the November ballot.
Consultants and county staff presented a reuse study and four high‑level jail scenarios on March 12 and reviewed associated costs, operational staffing implications and ballot timing for a bond referendum.
The study laid out four primary options: (1) adaptively reuse part of the existing jail and sheriff’s administration building while constructing a new addition (a combined approach), (2) build a new 500‑bed jail and keep the existing facility as overflow, (3) build a new 500‑bed jail while reusing the administration building for non‑core uses, and (4) construct an all‑new facility and remove the old buildings. Consultants showed three site layout approaches to…
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