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Plan Commission approves two petitions

AUBURN — Two petitions gained unanimous support from Auburn’s Plan Commission Tuesday.

Water issues plague DeKalb County Community Corrections

Commissioners surprise with comments on jail

Community Corrections future becomes cloudy

AUBURN — DeKalb County’s new Community Corrections Center supervised 44 participants in 2020 with a successful completion rate of 81%, according to its annual report. The center at the west edge of Auburn opened Feb. 4, 2020, but paused operations from April 10 to May 19, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has not yet filled its 52-bed capacity due to pandemic restrictions. Its resident count peaked at 26 in January, and at last report it held 18 criminal offenders who participate in its work-release program. The future of the program became uncertain Tuesday, when the DeKalb County Commissioners presented an option for a new jail that would reduce the work- release program to 12 beds.

Lower-cost jail plan meets resistance

AUBURN — An option to connect a new DeKalb County Jail to the existing Community Corrections Center met with a storm of opposition in a meeting Tuesday afternoon. DeKalb County Commissioners said connecting the buildings would save $3.1 million in construction costs, plus at least $5 million on operating costs and depreciation over the next 20 years. The proposal would reduce the number of work-release beds in the Community Corrections Center from 52 to 12. The center opened in February 2020 and has never come close to its capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It would cost $25.2 million to build a jail combined with the Community Corrections Center, compared to $28.3 million for a freestanding jail immediately north of the Corrections Center, architect Tony Vie of the Elevatus firm estimated.