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Commissioners weigh jail feasibility study as county jail holds about 182 inmates in facility built for 109
Summary
County staff reported feasibility‑study bids ranging from roughly $75,000 to $132,000 depending on scope; commissioners pressed for urgency after noting current overcrowding and discussed timing, cost‑sharing with neighboring jurisdictions and next steps for planning.
County Manager April Sneed told the Board of Commissioners the county received a feasibility‑study bid of $132,000 for a combined jail‑and‑courthouse planning package and separate proposals of roughly $75,000 and $100,000 for a jail study alone.
Sneed said such studies take several months of engineering and planning work to produce the metrics and cost estimates necessary to move toward hiring a contractor. "It's going to take three or four…
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