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County staff brief commissioners on ICE detention contract, bed counts and per-diem negotiations
Summary
County staff reviewed the intergovernmental services agreement with ICE, saying it dates to 2007, allows up to 40 beds and includes per-diem compensation. Officials said the county is negotiating an updated daily rate to reflect higher operating costs.
Alamance County staff told commissioners they are renegotiating the daily compensation under an intergovernmental services agreement that allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house detainees in county detention facilities.
The contract dates to February 2007 and has been amended several times, staff said. The agreement currently allows up to 40 ICE beds at the county detention center; county staff said the sheriff has negotiated terms that pay the county for the availability of those beds even if they are not all occupied.
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