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County meetings this week

A work session and a commissioners meeting are ahead for county commissioners.

A $115 million jail construction plan will be discussed at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Old County Courthouse, 301 West Market St .

The meeting comes mostly at the urging of Commissioners Carolyn Coleman and Bruce Davis , who pushed the idea earlier this month to review spending plans for the jail.

Commissioners had established a jail construction review committee, headed by Commissioner Paul Gibson, to handle details of jail construction and then bring those to the commissioners for official approval. The commissioners work session supplanted the committee’s authority, which riled some on the board to object to the unusual procedure.

“The way I see it is a committee doing their due diligence,” said Commissioner Billy Yow.
Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin “Skip” Alston said that he planned to open the meeting, but would let Gibson carry out the agenda.

Here is the Thursday agenda for the commissioners regular meeting, in which they'll discuss the latest version of an incentive plan.