The Covington County Commission approved Sept. 23 the county’s annual contract with the Department of Youth Services (a Dothan detention facility) to reserve a room for juveniles transported from Covington County.

County staff said the contract is an annual arrangement that pays the facility to maintain a room for county use when the county needs to transfer a juvenile to detention; the arrangement preserves county access to a ready holding room in Dothan. "We pay so much for them to, maintain us room for where we have a room available when we get ready to carry a a juvenile over," a commission member said when introducing the item.

A motion to approve the contract was made by Robbie, seconded by Ben, and approved by voice vote. The commission did not discuss dollar amounts or contract duration in the transcript beyond noting the contract is the county’s recurring yearly arrangement.

Staff will execute the contract consistent with the commission's approval.