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County reviews LEC budget: more DOCR inmates, software for medical records and vehicle requests
Summary
The county heard an LEC (law enforcement center/jail) budget update that included planned technology purchases, vehicle replacements, mattress replacements, and revenue assumptions tied to housing state Department of Corrections (DOCR) inmates.
County staff presented the proposed Law Enforcement Center (LEC) budget and related public‑safety budgets, noting changes driven by technology, inmate housing assumptions and equipment needs.
Star (presenting) said 911 annual maintenance obligations alone are about $162,000 and that the LEC plans to replace dispatch computers and connect radios to fiber. The LEC budget includes two vehicles (estimated $60,000 total) and a software purchase called CorrectTech, described as a medical records program to replace paper files and allow billing for medical services in the jail.
Star said the county has been able to house DOCR inmates and budgeted for approximately half of the state‑provided inmates; the LEC’s goal is to house 90 prisoners per day for meals and related costs, which increased the food line item. She said state inmates can be moved by the state at any time, so budget assumptions are necessarily conservative.
Other line items noted in the meeting: mattress replacement for the reentry center ($2,500), jail mattress replacement ($9,000) and jail radio reprogramming ($5,000). Star also reported staff counts for the jail/LEC and reentry center and said centering income assumptions on conservative DOCR numbers reduced a projected overall increase from double digits to about a 2% overall increase for the joint budget when state housing assumptions were adjusted.
Ending: Commissioners praised staff progress in getting off prior state restrictions and asked staff to continue refining projections; no formal vote on the LEC budget was recorded in the meeting minutes excerpt.
