Will County lays out $225 million building plan

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Calling it a bipartisan compromise, Will County officials laid out a $225 million financing plan for their largest and most expensive building projects ever.

Just a month ago, Democrats were at odds with the Republican-controlled county board over how best to finance a new sheriff’s facility, new courthouse, a satellite courthouse and a new Health Department facility, but in recent weeks they have come together and agreed to a 30-year plan, using revenue from several sources. All stressed that the plan had to be bipartisan… Please click here to read Susan DeMar Lafferty’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.