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Clay County Commission Approves Opt Out

Clay County Commission Approves Opt Out

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Clay County voters defeated a forty-one-million-dollar bond issue in June that would have funded a new courthouse, jail, and law enforcement center.

Commission Chairman Travis Mockler says they passed a property tax opt out this week related to that defeat…

Clay County prisoners are now being housed in the Union County jail in Elk Point.

Mockler says it’s a short term fix…

Mockler says they are still working on plans for a stand alone law enforcement center and jail…

Mockler says they are in the early stages of finding a location for the new county facilities.

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