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Probation director outlines budget increases, program changes and grant opportunities
Summary
Probation Director Jerry Faucet told the Pine County board the county's CPO reimbursement rose this year and flagged looming cuts to corrections-related revenue, changes in training requirements, juvenile placement costs and new grants that could offset some expenses.
Probation Director Jerry Faucet told the Pine County Board of Commissioners on the county's 2026 budget that the county's CPO reimbursement "went up again this year" and described several revenue, program and policy pressures the department faces.
Faucet said the county's reimbursement increase produced a $41,000 change after the Department of Corrections deducted costs for interstate compact paperwork and staff. He also warned county officials that local corrections fees are scheduled to sunset in 2029 under current legislative timing: "corrections fees are still going to be collected statewide till, I think, at least 2029," Faucet said.
The changes matter because county probation revenue supports local monitoring and programming. Faucet told commissioners the county is projecting lower revenue from local corrections fees because collections have declined in recent years and because the Legislature has scheduled a sunset. He also described several line items in his…
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