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Goodhue County board approves in-house Sentences-to-Serve program, hires three positions
Summary
The county board approved establishing an in-house Sentences-to-Serve (STS) program with three staff positions, a plan to launch this year and an estimated leftover 2025 cost of about $86,876 if operational by Nov. 1; full 2026 annual operating impact is estimated at about $137,000.
The Goodhue County Board of Commissioners voted to implement a county-run Sentences-to-Serve (STS) program and to hire three staff positions to operate it.
A county staff member presenting the item said the board previously authorized the county administrator to establish an STS program and to develop an interim plan, but staff concluded an interim program without a coordinator would operate only minimally (one or two people) and would not be cost-effective. The staff recommendation was to implement the long-term plan now so the program could be fully operational before 2025's end.
Under the plan presented, staffing…
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