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As costs climb, oversight board members involved in building the new county jail want Oklahoma County Commissioners to decide where it will be built.
Commissioners hired a property acquisition specialist Wednesday as they continue to look at new jail homes. They also filled a jail trust vacancy.
Oklahoma County broadens jail site search after FAA says Oklahoma City could lose federal funds if it were built near Will Rogers World Airport.
The Oklahoma County Citizens Bond Oversight Committee hopes to send a new jail site recommendation to county commissioners by August 2023.
Oklahoma County's selection of HOK to design a new county jail sets the table for the two to begin narrowing where it might be built, officials say.