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AUBURN â 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.
AUBURN â A series of land transactions that will lead to a new home for the DeKalb County Highway Department â and help pay for it â occupied the DeKalb County Council Monday.
The County Commissioners are preparing to buy 15 acres on the east side of Waterloo as the highway departmentâs new home. They will pay the appraised value of $1,073,000 to owner Brett Henderson and an investment partner, Rich Allen.
Commissioners are selling the existing highway department site in south Auburn to the City of Auburn for the appraised value of $305,000. They also are selling two unused tracts of land â one northwest of Auburn and the other southwest of Butler â to help pay for the Waterloo property.