Torgerson adds his disappointment to jail's daily cost increase

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"Proposing an additional $223 increase was only intended to drive Dodge County away," Torgerson said in a Facebook post on Friday. Dodge County is the only county in Southeast Minnesota without its own jail. Rose said the fee increase to $323 will necessitate Dodge County looking into other options for housing detainees moving forward. ADVERTISEMENT“While I respect the board’s responsibility to make fiscal decisions on behalf of Olmsted County taxpayers, I also have an obligation to responsibly manage the resources entrusted by Dodge County taxpayers,” Rose wrote to the Olmsted County commissioners. "In essence this will likely force the Dodge County Sheriff to remove the 8-12 detainees from the Olmsted County facility," Torgerson wrote.