Renovation and expansion of the female cell block of the Linn County Jail in Albany took a step forward, when the Board of Commissioners approved a contract with DLR Group of Portland for architectural and engineering services during its Sept. 3 meeting.
The contract is not to exceed $445,300.
Undersheriff Micah Smith told commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker that the Sheriff’s Office solicited bids from four other companies as well, but they…