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Job cuts debated
By Des Moines Register
Published: 08/28/2007

DES MOINES, IA - Polk County supervisors intend to vote on a plan to trim 31 employees from the still-under-construction county jail despite criticism from Des Moines police, who say new booking procedures could force the city to add six to 10 police officers at a cost of up to $915,000.

County authorities say the switch is necessary to cut operating costs for the $68 million jail expected to open in late 2008. Wide-ranging estimates say the new, larger jail could require hundreds of new employees and cost the county up to $12 million more per year. Read more.

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