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Workshop meetings will consider jail design changes

Jun 12, 2018 9:00 am
Daniel Zuckerman is reporting for Columbia-Greene Media Greene County lawmakers, builders and architects will once again meet to discuss possible cuts to the county jail proposal in an effort to reduce the estimated $51.4 million price tag. The meetings will take place June 12 and 13 at the Greene County Office Building on Main Street in Catskill. The meeting Tuesday, the 12th, is not expected to go late into the day, Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said, but was set to go from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. so lawmakers working during the day could stop by. Lawmakers who do not attend will be sent meeting minutes. The second workshop, scheduled for June 13, may be canceled. Representatives of SMRT Architects and Engineers, P.C., of Latham, the project architect, and the Pike Company of Rochester, the construction manager, are expected to offer estimates of what could be saved based on various suggestions offered at the May 30 workshop, Groden said. “That will be the majority of the meeting,” Groden said. “It’s a pretty short list.” No decisions will be made during the workshop, Groden said. Each of the suggested modifications will be included as part of the Public Safety Committee July meeting agenda. Read the full story at HudsonValley360 [dot] com.