Grayson County commissioners approve ICE jail agreement, equipment financing and routine measures

The Grayson County Commissioners Court on Sept. 30 approved a series of routine and administrative measures, including a memorandum of agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to allow trained county detention staff to execute ICE administrative warrants inside the jail.

A representative of the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office told the court the new ICE "warrant service program" would let detention officers complete required training online and would limit warrant service to custody within the jail. "We're not going outside the jail... they'll do that all inside the jail," the Sheriff's Office representative said. The court approved the memorandum by motion.

Other approved items included: - Ratification of a governmental promissory note with Simmons Bank to finance an election software purchase from VR Systems at 4.9% for three years (unsecured); the county representative said the purchase had been authorized earlier but the financing was negotiated after Aug. 12 and was treated as an emergency because the item was not budgeted. -…