McCOOK, Neb. (AP) – Red Willow County commissioners have approved plans to build a 24-bed jail and law enforcement center next to the courthouse in McCook.
Voters will be asked in the May primary about financing for the $5.1 million project.
At the commissioners’ meeting on Monday, commission chairman Earl McNutt said “It’s time to go forward or say ‘no’ to it.”
The county closed its jail in 1982 because it did not meet state standards.
Voters rejected plans for a joint public safety facility with the city of McCook in 2006.