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Jail revenues exceed some targets as county reports staffing gains, officials say
Summary
County finance staff reported jail revenues are on track through October, led by MOUD funding and room-and-board payments from cities; corrections leaders said recruitment is reducing vacancies and could lower overtime and temporary staffing use by year'end.
Cowlitz County finance staff presented jail financials Nov. 3 showing revenues and staffing trends that county leaders described as encouraging.
Kathy Funk Baxter told the board the jail had $321,000 budgeted in intergovernmental revenue and had received about $283,000 through October; roughly $257,000 of that is MOUD funding for medications for opioid use disorder. She also reported goods-and-services receipts tied to daily room-and-board charges to surrounding cities…
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