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capital projects, including the highschool addition and the landfill, undertaken by the county during the past several years. Half the increase was used to rebuild the county's five-percent operating surplus, which was drawn down by the landfill’s construction last year.
And the escalating cost of providing essential services, including programs previously funded by the state and federal government but now shifted to local control, has left the county scrambling for alternatives to raising real-estate and personal-property taxes.
Jail addition approved
With the county’s jail space rapidly becoming too small, the supervisors began looking at alternatives to provide more space for both inmates and for the Sheriffs Department.
By summer, the board had approved a plan to build an addition on
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