Becker County commissioners balk at spending millions to remodel old jail at courthouse “A total remodel may cost between $2.5 million and $3.5 million,” County Administrator Mike Brethorst said in a memo to the commissioners.
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The old Becker County Jail central control center is shown in this 2014 file photo.
“Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage,” as the poet Richard Lovelace said, but they sure get in the way when you’re trying to create some office space in what used to be the Becker County Jail.
Becker County has over 14,000 square feet of vacant real estate on the floor above the sheriff’s office in the courthouse the only problem is that it’s full of old jail cells, steel doors and corridors.
Becker County commissioners balk at spending millions to remodel old jail at courthouse “A total remodel may cost between $2.5 million and $3.5 million,” County Administrator Mike Brethorst said in a memo to the commissioners.
Written By:
Nathan Bowe | ×
The old Becker County Jail central control center is shown in this 2014 file photo.
“Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage,” as the poet Richard Lovelace said, but they sure get in the way when you’re trying to create some office space in what used to be the Becker County Jail.
Becker County has over 14,000 square feet of vacant real estate on the floor above the sheriff’s office in the courthouse the only problem is that it’s full of old jail cells, steel doors and corridors.
Problems at Department of Motor Vehicles boil over at Becker County Board meeting
“The test has shown, and it’s a multi-year test, we need full-time employees there. The turnover has been horrendous,” one commissioner said.
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A Becker County Board meeting earlier this month. (Nathan Bowe/Tribune April 22, 2021)
Becker County commissioners handled some thorny personnel issues Tuesday involving turnover at the county Department of Motor Vehicles office.
Commissioner Larry Knutson, in particular, was upset with how Becker County Auditor-Treasurer Mary Hendrickson has been overseeing the DMV office.
“This has been an ongoing, long-term situation,” Knutson said. “Absolutely, something needs to be done.” Two county DMV employees one of them a close relative of Knutson’s recently resigned their positions, citing ongoing management problems, he said. An angry Knutson pushed strongly to end auditor-treasurer control over the
Becker County gives thumbs up to Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution
The decision in support of gun ownership was made before a standing-room only crowd in the commissioners’ room at the courthouse.
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Becker County is now a ‘Dedicated Second Amendment County.’
The County Board voted unanimously to approve the resolution Tuesday, which affirms the rights under the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment for county residents to own guns.
The decision was made before a standing-room only crowd in the commissioners’ room at the courthouse. Asked by a commissioner for an unofficial show of hands before the board vote, the vast majority in the audience supported the resolution.
Becker County gives thumbs up to Second Amendment resolution
The decision in support of gun ownership was made before a standing-room only crowd in the commissioners’ room at the courthouse.
Written By:
Nathan Bowe | ×
Becker County is now a ‘Dedicated Second Amendment County.’
The County Board voted unanimously to approve the resolution Tuesday, which affirms the rights under the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment for county residents to own guns.
The decision was made before a standing-room only crowd in the commissioners’ room at the courthouse. Asked by a commissioner for an unofficial show of hands before the board vote, the vast majority in the audience supported the resolution.