http://qui.live.mediaspanonlinen.com/rss/ Quincy Herald Whig en-us By EDWARD HUSARHerald-Whig Staff Writer A small group of Adams County officials has been meeting privately with a consultant in recent months to draft plans to build a county jail in case state or federal grant money becomes available. County Board Chairman Mike McLaughlin asked the County Board's Finance Committee to set aside $50,000 this year from the county's Contingency Fund to pay Springfield-based consultant Glen Hodgson to update a jail study he conducted several years ago. The initial jail study was launched in the hope the county might win a $10 million state grant to build a new 208-bed jail, which would have cost about $14 million at the time. However, county officials reported in March 2005 that the money was instead awarded to projects in Moultrie and Winnebago counties. http://qui.live.mediaspanonline.com/new_story/Jail-Study-110409