Despite the threat of legal action and questions about approval from the sheriff, Cuyahoga County appears poised to borrow close to $900 million to start construction on a new county jail.
The total cost, including the price of the 70-acre site in Garfield Heights, the nearly 900,000 square foot jail and the sheriff’s headquarters, has been reduced slightly since council met last week and is now about $930 million.
On Tuesday night, Cuyahoga County Council voted to borrow the money. A council committee also voted to support the guaranteed maximum contract cost, but the final vote on that won’t take place until the May 12 meeting…