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Cowlitz County jail reports healthy revenues, continues correctional staffing push
Summary
Finance staff told commissioners that jail revenues are on track, driven by MOUD funding and room-and-board charges, while the corrections division continues recruiting to reduce vacancies and expects several officers to start by mid-November. Officials said services spending includes nearly 10 months of the medical contract already paid.
Cowlitz County's finance staff reported Monday that the jail's revenue streams are generally on track while the corrections division continues efforts to fill open posts.
Cathy Funk Baxter reviewed the corrections financials, saying the jail had $321,000 budgeted in intergovernmental revenue and had received about $283,000 through Oct. 23, most of it — roughly $257,000 — for medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Goods-and-services receipts, chiefly daily room-and-board charges billed to surrounding cities and commissary activity, were above expectations at about $1.324 million of a $1.48 million budget.
On the expense side, Baxter said personnel and…
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