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Siteside jail requests $440,000 increase; board tables budget decision to meet with finance
Summary
Colonel Anthony Johnson of Siteside Regional Jail asked Greensville supervisors Sept. 2 for a county share increase of about $440,000 after contracted bed revenue from the U.S. Marshals dropped; the board voted to table the request pending a meeting with county finance staff to explore fund balance and payment options.
Colonel Anthony Johnson, representing Siteside Regional Jail, told the Greensville County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 2 that the jail needs a county budget amendment of roughly $440,000 to offset a sudden drop in contracted bed revenue, chiefly from U.S. Marshals transfers.
"The increase really just puts that back in line at where we were, prior to the US marshal and other contracts," Colonel Johnson said, describing recent months in which marshal-supplied detainee days fell from typical counts ("100 to 80 to 110") to as low as 24 at year-end. He…
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