Commissioner cites attorney general opinion as clearing path for jail project, potential $40 million mental health savings

During board comments, a commissioner thanked Attorney General Gittner Drummond for issuing an opinion the speaker said "siding with the county" and said the ruling was "very exciting news and hopeful to be able to save that $40,000,000 for the mental health facility." The remarks were made as part of nonaction comments and did not constitute a formal vote or county action on the record.

The commissioner characterized the attorney general opinion as enabling the county to move forward with a jail project and as protective of funds for a mental health facility; staff or other board members did not read the opinion into the record during the meeting and no motion or directive referencing the opinion was recorded.

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The remark was offered as a board comment and not a formal agenda item; the county did not state on the record any next steps tied directly to the attorney general opinion during this meeting.