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GA Probation May Get New Location
By albanyherald.com
Published: 01/05/2011

ALBANY, Ga. — The Albany City Commission has asked the Dougherty County Commission to discuss funding a probation center in a joint meeting later this month.

In a tentative vote Tuesday, city commissioners reached out to its counterpart in county government to discuss the possibility of splitting the cost of helping the state open a Day Reporting Center in Dougherty County.

Both the city and county governments have been mulling a request from the Georgia Department of Corrections Probation Division to assist them in providing the center by finding a suitable building.

After a search, neither city nor county officials believe they own any property suitable to meet the state’s needs and the city has now turned to the private sector.

At Tuesday’s meeting, Assistant City Manager Wes Smith presented the commission with a variety of options including a proposal from a property owner who has offered to rent them a building near downtown for $2,000 per month, with the state agreeing to pick up the cost of utilities and ancillary costs.

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