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Baker County officials report $199,432 returned, cite higher federal detention rates and planned facility projects
Summary
BCSO leadership told the county commission it returned $199,432.93 after a year of lower overtime and hospital costs, described new U.S. Marshals and ICE arrangements that raise per-diem and transport rates, and outlined planned facility work including ICE-funded privacy 'knee walls', a storage building and an evidence-vault expansion.
Baker County correctional leadership told the county commission that the jail closed the fiscal year under its adopted budget and is returning $199,432.93 to county coffers.
"We submitted a budget of 11,954,270. So the good news is we didn't spend all that money...we were able to return to you a $199,432.93," said Randy, speaking for the sheriff's office. He attributed the surplus mainly to reductions in overtime and hospital stays compared with the prior year.
Randy also described newly finalized negotiations with the U.S. Marshals Service and continued contacts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that moved contract start dates earlier and raised reimbursement rates. "We went from a rate of $92.50 per inmate...to a $106 per inmate daily, per diem rate," he said, and added that transport-officer pay rose "from $32 an hour...to $40." Randy said applying the new rates to last year’s average-daily-population and transport activity could yield roughly $500,000 to $1,000,000 more in revenue for the next fiscal year, depending on future detainee counts.
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