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Former sheriff tells commissioners ICE contract reimbursed costs, cites staffing and litigation concerns
Summary
Former Sheriff Jim Tracy told the Utah County Board that the county’s prior ICE contract reimbursed actual costs and did not produce excess revenue; he described heavy overtime and morale problems among jail staff, said federal CRCL oversight triggered voluminous records demands and litigation risk, disputed a $2.43 million ‘unaccounted’ claim, and urged against reopening the contract while supporting a county tax increase.
Former Sheriff Jim Tracy addressed the Utah County Board of County Commissioners during public comment to clarify why the county’s former contract to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees did not produce excess revenue and why, he said, reopening such a contract would be problematic.
Tracy said the ICE contract used a federal reimbursement formula that required the county to be reimbursed for actual costs. "That contract allowed us to be reimbursed for actual cost," he said, adding that "if we had 4,500,000.0 in revenue coming in, we had 4,500,000.0 in expenditures going out." He said the only net…
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