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(Johnson County, IA) -- The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is meeting this morning to discuss language for a referendum on a new sheriff's office and jail facility.
Johnson County Sheriff Brad Kunkel has been lobbying for a new jail citing structural and overcrowding issues at the existing facility.
A recent estimate put the cost of a new jail and administrative offices for the Sheriff's Department at around $100 million.
The Board of Supervisors hopes to have a referendum question on the November ballot.
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