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Commissioner: recent DOC funding formula leaves Clay County bearing extra probation costs
Summary
In a committee report, Commissioner Ebinger said a funding formula enacted by the state shifted certain probation costs onto counties like Clay, disproportionately affecting border counties; he said a legislative fix is needed and warned the county may have to consider cuts if state funding isn't adjusted.
Commissioner Ebinger reported to the Clay County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 9 that a funding structure enacted by the state Legislature has left Clay County bearing significant costs for probation and parole supervision that were expected to be covered differently under the new formula.
Ebinger said he, Dale Adams (county probation director) and other staff met with Carter Dears, assistant commissioner with the Minnesota Department of Corrections, to review the impacts. County…
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