Grant County fiscal court approves open contract to house Gallatin County inmates

Grant County Fiscal Court approved a contract on Feb. 18, 2025, that allows the Grant County Detention Center to accept inmates from Gallatin County without the numerical limit that had appeared in a prior agreement. Judge Chuck Dils, presiding, explained the change and asked the court to approve the contract so he and the jailer could sign it.

The contract had been approved at Gallatin County's fiscal court meeting the previous night, Judge Chuck Dils said. "This is basically the same contract we had approved about a year or so ago with the limit of inmates. This is now an open contract, basically, that we would, be able to accommodate any and all of their inmates," he said.

Magistrate John Cooner moved to approve the contract "as presented," and Magistrate Colton Riley seconded the motion. Members voted by voice; the presiding officer declared the motion carried.

Court discussion on the item was brief and focused on confirming that Gallatin County had already approved the agreement on its end. Judge Dils said he would sign the contract along with the jailer, Tanya Beagle. No public comment or further debate on the contract is recorded in the meeting transcript.

The court did not state specific capacity numbers, rates, or the term length of the contract on the record; those details were not specified during the meeting.

Court staff should file the signed contract with the clerk's office as part of the county's records and follow any procurement or contract-recording procedures required by county policy.