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Commissioners delay $11.2 million transfer to move Youth Justice Education Center from Sheriff to Corrections
Summary
After weeks of debate about timing and fiscal process, Shelby County commissioners agreed to send the administration's $11,226,461 budget amendment to a later committee meeting without a recommendation, postponing a planned transfer of Youth Justice Education Center supervision from the sheriff's office to the county Division of Corrections.
Shelby County commissioners on July 23 declined to approve an immediate $11,226,461 appropriation the administration said was needed to transfer supervision of the Youth Justice Education Center from the Shelby County Sheriff's Office to the Division of Corrections, instead directing the measure back to committee without a recommendation.
Administration officials told the committee the sheriff had said he would stop supervising the facility on Sept. 30 and that the county needed the appropriation immediately to recruit, hire and train staff and to buy equipment and vehicles required for youth transport and services. "The Shelby County Sheriff's Office decided that at the end of September they will no longer provide supervision," Chief Administrative Officer Harold Collins said. "In order…
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