Sheriff’s office reports commissary revenue, plans SOP updates with Policy360

The meeting included a detailed commissary report from the sheriff’s office and a plan to hire Policy360 to update jail policies.

Speaker 3 told the council the commissary began 2025 with $56,739.97 and summarized year-end balances from inmate sales ("we started off year 2025 with $56,739.97" and related figures at SEG 272-274). He explained the county contracts a third party to operate the commissary and inmate phone services; the vendor handles transactions and does not mark up prices, with commissary proceeds used for items such as drug incineration, deputy equipment and department cell phones (SEG 277-288, SEG 298-304, SEG 354-360).

Speaker 3 also said the jail will contract with Policy360 to update standard operating procedures and maintain them annually; the vendor will bill annually and the county expects a roughly 3% increase each year after the initial startup (SEG 309-317, SEG 333-336). Council members asked whether the county receives a percentage of sales; Speaker 3 said he could provide the percentage to the council at a later date (SEG 342-363).

Following discussion, Speaker 2 moved to approve the commissary report; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote (SEG 418-426). The transcript records discussion of permitted uses for commissary funds and notes that some previous commissary expenditures may have strayed outside the original scope, prompting the review and contract updates (SEG 370-384).