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Livonia police seek one‑year extension to house prisoners at Calhoun County jail; per‑prisoner price to rise 5%
Summary
The Livonia Police Department requested a one‑year extension of its prisoner housing contract with the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office amid Wayne County jail overcrowding; the contract rate will increase 5% to $60.36 per prisoner for the extension year, council indicated approval on consent.
Captain Tyree, representing the Livonia Police Department, asked the council to approve a one‑year extension of the city's prisoner housing agreement with the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. The department has used Calhoun County since 2014 to address overcrowding at Wayne County facilities.
Captain Tyree said the existing contract, executed in 2021, provided options for two additional one‑year extensions; the proposed extension carries a 5% rate increase to $60.36 per prisoner. "Calhoun has recently negotiated contracts with other local police departments, and those increases have been 18 percent," Tyree said, noting Calhoun kept Livonia's increase to 5 percent for this one‑year term. The department said it may go to bid next year.
Council members praised the department for keeping the increase modest and offered approval on consent at the study session. The extension covers transportation, prisoner care, basic medical and dental and access to social workers as described in the existing contract. The council did not hold a recorded roll‑call vote at the study session; the extension moved forward as a consent‑agenda item.
