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Controller reports inmate and canteen account balances; board approves payables
Summary
The county controller reported reconciled inmate and canteen account balances for July/August, including an inmate account balance of $428,156 and canteen holdings and investments; the board accepted the controller’s report and approved payables.
The county controller reported that reconciliations of the prison inmate and canteen accounts for July 2025 matched bank statements and found no discrepancies, and the board voted to accept the controller’s report and to approve current payables for the prison and community corrections center.
The controller reported that the inmate account balance was $428,156 as of Aug. 31, 2025. The canteen checking account balance was $582,986.46 as of Aug. 31; the canteen also holds a Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust account balance of $969,002.17, which the controller said is earning approximately $33,423 per month and will next mature in January 2026. During August the controller said $149,281.41 was paid from the canteen account for the benefit, welfare and education of county prison inmates; an itemized detail of those expenses was attached to the controller’s report.
A member of the public, Denise Brown, asked about a roughly $15,000 payment to Outreach for a GED program and how many participants that covered; the controller answered that the number was “somewhere around 19 or 20.”
A motion to accept the controller’s report was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; a subsequent motion to approve current payables for the community corrections center and the prison was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. The chair recorded the votes as “Aye” and declared the motions carried.
