Both issues were on separate ballots in 2000 and 2001 and rejected by voters.
On Wednesday, the County Commission voted 4-1 to combine the two projects into a single bond referendum in an effort to get the $61 million project moving forward.
A four-story, 350-bed jail would anchor the complex. The complex would also house a new sheriff's main office.
Part of the money would be spent on new precincts in the soutthern and northern parts of the county.
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