Polk County approves Community Corrections Act plan, authorizes letter so state can release funds

At a special meeting, the Polk County Board of Commissioners approved the county's Community Corrections Act plan and authorized staff to draft and submit a signed letter and contract to the state so the county can receive its grant payments.

The plan details how Polk County's Community Corrections program will use state grant funding to supervise funded felony cases and four specified misdemeanor categories; it also lists county general-fund dollars the county uses to supervise other misdemeanors placed on probation. "The money that the state provides to us, they require that we put together a Community Corrections Act plan," the Community Corrections director said, describing the document the board reviewed.

Why it matters: the state is holding the county's payment until the signed contract is returned. The director told commissioners the contract was due…