Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Get email alerts on the Jail Project topic

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Jail project quarterly update: county exploring secondary inmate-housing contracts as TRSO hits capacity

Buffalo County Finance Committee · April 16, 2026
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

Emily Scholl reported the jail project quarterly update and said some inmates must be picked up from Trempealeau County because TRSO is at capacity; the county is considering secondary contracts for inmate housing rather than a fixed-bed arrangement.

Emily Scholl provided the quarterly update on the county jail project, explaining that TRSO is at capacity and that some inmates need to be picked up from Trempealeau County. Scholl said the county's contract is structured as 'available' beds rather than a guaranteed number of beds.

Because of capacity constraints, Scholl said staff are looking at secondary contracts for inmate housing. The committee received the update as informational; no procurement vote was recorded at this meeting.