On Monday, Minnehaha County will be discussing the jail expansion (DOC:Â jailbuildingmeeting)
The Minnehaha County Building Committee will meet at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 19, 2015 to review information about the need for an expanded Minnehaha County Jail facility. Over the past year architects from TSP in Sioux Falls, SD and Shive Hattery in West Des Moines, IA, have assisted Minnehaha County in a master planning process to identify the safest and most efficient ways to address the county’s growing inmate population. This meeting will be an opportunity to review that work and consider options to address future jail needs.
I find it ironic while the mayor and some of the city councilors are pushing for a new administration building, the county is planning for the future by scraping a jail plan together. I’m curious what money has been budgeted by the city to help with the new jail? Maybe it is in the 5 year plan? But I don’t recall. Once again, while the county spends all of their money on crime and prosecution the city builds play things.