(Spencer)– Several assessments and state inspections have found the jail in Clay county doesn’t meet standards and requirements.
A committee in charge of finding information about building a new jail has met and has a goal to present a plan to the board of supervisors sometime this fall.
Clay County Sheriff Randy Krukow says the committee hopes to finalize a site and footprints and narrow down costs by November. Krukow says a referendum is possible next spring. Clay county supervisor Ken Chalstrom says the county only has two options: building a new jail or housing prisoners somewhere else. Housing prisoners elsewhere would cost more than double the cost of housing them in Clay county.
The current jail was built more than 60 years ago in 1938.
