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Commission approves option on jail property

Commissioner Greg Dyer explains the slope of the property on Myers Lane that may be the location of the new jail.

The Union County Commission voted to take an option with contingencies on a 12-acre property for the new jail at the October meeting.

Commissioner Sidney Jessee Jr., Jail Committee Chairman, explained the Jail Committee had narrowed the number of architects to three and were expecting to have interviews with each on November 12 at 6 p.m.