Monroe County commissioners have moved ahead with consideration of other land, besides the county-owned Thomson PUD, as a potential location for a new jail and co-located courts facility.
At their regular Wednesday meeting, commissioners approved contracts with two firms to have appraisals done of some land that is located in the vicinity of SR46 and Hunter Valley Road, north of the city of Bloomington.
The amount to be charged by the two firms for their appraisal work is significantly different—$950 for Advisio and $3,750 for First Appraisal Group. County attorney Jeff Cockerill said that the lower price charged by Advisio is due to the fact that the firm had recently undertaken an appraisal of the same property.
After Wednesday’s meeting, Cockerill told The B Square that the appraisal work by both firms is expected to be completed in four to six weeks.
Still not completed is a required feasibility study for the construction of a new jail, after the commissioners approved a $40,000 contract with RQAW Corporation in late October 2023 to do the work. The amount of working time, as opposed to calendar time, for completion of the study had been expected to be around eight weeks. Continue reading “Alternate site for new Monroe County jail mulled, land to be appraised, feasibility study still not done”
