Commissioners want to wait on new jail AUBURN â Two out of three DeKalb County Commissioners made it clear Monday that they do not support building a jail right now. During their weekly meeting at the courthouse in Auburn, Bill Hartman and Todd Sanderson said they want to wait until a spike in construction costs subsides. The commissioners have been considering a new jail seriously since January, when they chose the Elevatus architecture firm of Fort Wayne to design a jail on property at the west edge of Auburn. âI think I can make a good decision today. In fact, Iâm not ready to raise taxes to do this,â Hartman said.