Autauga County authorizes application to state for emergency prisoner feeding funds
Summary
The commission endorsed Resolution 2026-47 to apply with the sheriff to the State Comptroller for Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund assistance, noting the state feeding allowance is $2.25 per prisoner per day and that the county's Prisoner Feeding Fund was depleted.
The Autauga County Commission unanimously approved Resolution 2026-47 on Aug. 11, authorizing the chairman to apply jointly with the sheriff to the State Comptroller for funds from the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund. Commissioner Terry Tanner moved the resolution and Commissioner John L. Thrailkill seconded; the vote was unanimous.
The resolution cites the Code of Alabama (1975), including Sections 14-6-1, 14-6-40, 14-6-42, 14-6-47 and 14-6-51, and records that the Prisoner Feeding Fund is depleted. The resolution references the statutorily provided feeding allowance of "$2.25 per day for each prisoner," which the minutes cite verbatim. The minutes do not specify the amount being requested from the state.
AI generated
The text on this page is AI generated. Summaries, highlights, analysis, and video transcripts are all produced from the original source material.
AI can make mistakes, so if you spot one, and we will fix it for everyone.
Note: the source content is unaltered by us. Any content source we link to, be it a video, an audio recording, or a document, is presented exactly as its publisher released it. That publisher is usually a government body, sometimes an individual official or another organisation.
