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Council hears history of jail funding, current overcrowding and county-city tensions
Summary
Legal and administration staff briefed the council Sept. 4 on past agreements and current strains related to the county detention center, noting the city previously reduced millage to support the jail and later entered a court-approved payment agreement.
City legal staff and administrators briefed the Jackson City Council Sept. 4 on the historical and current funding arrangements for the county detention center and warned that overcrowding and new county requests could create budget pressure on the city.
Why it matters: the city previously reduced its millage decades ago in a coordinated arrangement intended to fund the county jail; later litigation and a 2007 agreement resulted in the city paying a flat annual amount under a settlement approved by the attorney general’s office and a court. Council members said…
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