Lake County commissioners plan to impose levy for jail expansion
Work continues on the new Dave Stipe Annex, across from the Lake County Courthouse. (Kristi Niemeyer/Lake County Leader)
Lake County commissioners unanimously approved earlier this month two resolutions aimed at financing the new courthouse annex and paying for an expansion of the jail.
A resolution of intent outlines the requirements of the settlement of a class-action lawsuit mandating that Lake County expand its detention center jail by around 960 square feet and build a secure outside exercise yard for prisoners.
The settlement also ordered the county to pay the plaintiff’s legal costs, which amounted to nearly $190,000.
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