Following approval of a two-phase contract with Southwest Architects in regard to possible renovation, expansion or replacement of the local jail, the Dawson County Commissioners Court agreed in a separate motion on Tuesday to enter into Phase 1 of that contract. Phase 1 is a study of the county’s existing law enforcement services and facilities. Jeffrey E. Heffelfinger, AIA, president of Southwest Architects in Fort Worth, told the Commissioners Court during a presentation in May that the study would provide the county with an “all-inclusive master plan of what you have and where you need to go.” He said a study would ...