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Kay County trustees hear $4 million estimate for jail medical expansion
Summary
KCDC Director Don Jones told Kay County trustees the detention center may need an expanded medical/mental‑health unit, with a high‑end estimate of about $4 million to add roughly 50–60 beds; trustees received the report and no capital authorization was taken.
KCDC Director Don Jones reported to the Kay County Justice Facilities Authority on maintenance and capacity issues at the Kay County Detention Center and flagged a potential need to expand medical and mental‑health housing.
Jones told trustees the jail had recent wiring problems with lights that have been repaired, plans to place new cameras in the kitchen, and pending plumbing repairs for inmate showers. He said the high end of an estimated medical expansion to add roughly 50–60 beds would be about $4,000,000. Jones also said monthly jail statistics and related reports are on file in the KCDC clerk's office.
The report was presented for the board's information; trustees did not vote to authorize capital spending during the meeting. The presentation established the potential scale and cost of a medical/mental‑health expansion that would require future deliberation and any necessary budget or funding decisions by the Authority or other county bodies.
