Walworth County Commission continues talks on a new jail

The Walworth County Commissioners discussed jail design options with Dean Marske of HKG Architects at their regular meeting on Tuesday, June 25th.  Marske told the board that the 32-bed facility is the most efficient at a current cost of $9 million dollars.

Marske said putting a second floor on the 32-bed design would drive the cost up to around $12 million.

Marske gave a brief description on the 42-bed design.

And finally, the 54-bed option, which would cost around $12.3 million currently.

Toby Morris from Colliers discussed passing a bond for construction of a jail.

Walworth County Sheriff Josh Boll would like to keep costs down for the taxpayers and presented his projected plan for running the jail day-to-day.

Also at Tuesday’s meeting:

The commissioners passed a motion to have the chairman sign a contract with the Roberts County Jail for adults at $115 a day and juveniles at $315 a day.

Ted Dickey of Northeast Council of Governments talked to the commission about a grant that is available to help pay for a new cold storage building at the landfill.

The application to apply for the grant has to be in by July 1st.  A motion to have the chairman sign it was approved.

The next Walworth County Commission meeting will be July 9th.