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Garcia said the total request breaks down roughly into $4.25 million for community supervision and $3.15 million for work release, and that personnel costs make up the majority of each portion. He said the request would seek to raise starting pay for certain corrections positions to bring them closer to starting pay for detention deputies.

Why it matters: The request, if awarded and later approved locally, would increase recurring personnel costs and could be used to raise starting salaries and recruitment competitiveness for community corrections staff. The county finance officer said the statewide pot for community corrections grants has not grown since 2017 and that an increased request does not guarantee an award or long-term local funding.

Key details from the meeting
- Total request presented: $7,397,456.22. Garcia described a split of about $4,246,752.50 for community supervision (46 positions) and $3,150,703.72 for work release (31 positions). Personnel comprised approximately 86% of the community-supervision request and 72% of the work-release request, according to the presentation.
- Proposed salary comparison: Garcia cited the detention deputy starting salary as $52,000 and said the current starting level being used for community corrections is $42,000. The request is intended in part to bring community corrections positions closer to the broader detention-pay scale.
- Electronic monitoring: Garcia said the department budgeted a 10% increase in electronic monitoring costs \"based on Senate Bill number 324,\" which he said would change some courts' obligations to place certain defendants on monitoring.
- Capacity and staffing: Garcia said the Duvall facility could fit 300 people but staff recommended a cap of 250 for program effectiveness; the facility had 21 residents the morning of the meeting. Community corrections would be fully staffed at 32 corrections positions (24 frontline corrections officers plus sergeants and supervisors) when at full complement, Garcia said. He and board members discussed ongoing staffing shortages and high turnover in corrections work.

Board questions and concerns
Board members asked detailed questions about sustainment and recruitment if salary increases were approved for a grant year but not sustained thereafter. Garcia said the grant request is the first step and that any salary changes would still need approval through the comptroller, human resources and county council budget processes before taking effect. He said the grant would not by itself change salaries without those additional steps.

Members also asked whether the community-corrections request fully covered the anticipated increase in electronic monitoring costs; Garcia said the 10% increase was a proactive estimate tied to the bill but that actual costs depend on final legislation and local usage patterns.

On filling vacancies, Garcia said corrections staffing depends on station coverage and facility layout rather than solely on resident-to-officer ratios; that layout constrains how many staff must be present each shift.

Vote and next steps
The advisory board approved the request to submit the 2026 Justice Reinvestment Grant application by voice vote. Garcia said that if the state awards increased funding, the county would proceed to coordinate salary approvals via internal county processes and the council budget cycle.

Ending
Garcia and several board members noted the broader fiscal constraint that the statewide community-corrections grant pool has remained at about $72 million since 2017. The board's approval allows Community Corrections to seek higher grant funding for 2026; final award decisions and any local salary changes remain subject to the grantor's award and county budget approvals.

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The approvals included requests to submit Justice Reinvestment Grant (JRG) or similar applications for the mental health court and veterans court, the sheriff's jail treatment program, probation and pretrial services, drug treatment and reentry courts, the prosecutor's felony diversion program, and community corrections (community supervision and work release). The board also approved an amendment to a county contract with a language-service vendor, increasing it by $20,000 and extending its term to August 2025.

Why it matters: The approvals clear the agencies to seek state grant funding for calendar year 2026 programs that county staff say fund front-line treatment, supervision and services for people involved in the criminal-justice system. Several presenters told the board that these grants fund staff positions, drug testing, electronic monitoring and other direct services that they said are central to program operations.

Votes at a glance
- Amendment to ACC Indie language-services contract: approved. Action: increase contract by $20,000 and extend term through August 2025. (Presenter: Deanna Cantrell, program manager, Community Corrections.)
- Mental health court/Jail treatment grant application: approved. (Presenter: Lindsey Connor, court coordinator.) Requested amount for the mental health court reported in the meeting: $424,400; veterans court: $170,445.
- Marion County Sheriff's Office jail treatment (behavioral management) program: approved. Requested budget presented: $274,275. (Presenter: Britney Gore, senior finance specialist, Marion County Sheriff's Office.)
- Marion County Superior Court ' Pretrial and probation grant applications: approved. (Presenter: Christine Carroll, Marion County Superior Court probation department.) Pretrial request: board was told it would request the same funding level as 2024; the transcript contained a conflicting figure when read aloud and the exact request as stated by the presenter was not specified in a single clear numeric line in the record.
- Alternative courts (Drug Treatment Court and Reentry/Residential Court) 2026 grant applications: approved. Drug court requested $305,372; the reentry/residential request was presented as $270,260. (Presenter: Jeffrey Yonas.)
- Marion County Prosecutor's Office felony diversion program: approved to submit; requested amount presented as $219,050. (Presenter: Lucas Meekamp.)
- Marion County Community Corrections (community supervision and work release): approved to submit; total request presented as $7,397,456.22 (Justin Garcia, chief financial officer) and broken out in meeting remarks as approximately $4,246,752.50 for community supervision and $3,150,703.72 for work release.

Board procedure and outcome: For each item the board took a motion, the chair called for a second and then took a voice vote. For the items recorded on the transcript the chair called for \"Aye,\" heard no opposition and declared the measures passed. The record does not include roll-call vote tallies or named yes/no votes for each motion.

What presenters said (selected)
\"The contract actually does not expire until August, but we are amending it now to increase it by $20,000 to get us through to August,\" said Deanna Cantrell, identified as program manager for Marion County Community Corrections, describing the ACC Indie language-services amendment.

Lindsey Connor, court coordinator, told the board: \"We're requesting a total of $424,400 for the mental health court. This is our primary funding source.\" She described that Series 100 covers coordinator salary portions, Series 300 covers drug testing and related contracts, and said the veterans court request totals $170,445.

Britney Gore, senior finance specialist with the Marion County Sheriff's Office, described the jail behavioral management program and said the office requested $274,275 to continue the program that screens and provides case management, group and individual treatment while people are incarcerated and coordinates post-release connections.

Procedure notes and missing details
- Several presenters read figures aloud; in at least one instance (the Superior Court pretrial request) the number read by the presenter in the meeting transcript was unclear or conflicted with surrounding phrasing. The meeting record did not include named roll-call votes or counts for these motions; outcomes were recorded by voice vote as \"aye\" with no recorded opposition.
- The board consistently approved the agencies' requests to submit grant applications. Approval to submit an application does not guarantee state funding; presenters and board members noted that final award amounts and recurring funding are determined by the granting entity and later local budget processes.

Ending
The advisory board moved through the agenda items and closed the session after taking routine approvals and welcoming a new board member. The approvals permit county agencies to proceed with Justice Reinvestment and related grant applications for 2026 and to execute a short-term contract increase for language services.

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Marion County Community Corrections seeks $7.4M, proposes pay bump and higher monitoring costs

Advisory board approves slate of 2026 justice grant applications and a contract amendment