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Boone County's community corrections reports $9.6M estimated savings in 2025; council approves one staff position
Summary
Community corrections reported steady programs in 2025, 2,316 drug screens (about 84% negative), and an estimated $9,624,000 in county cost savings; the council approved a grant-funded staff position for the residential center.
Boone County's community corrections director presented the 2025 annual report, highlighting program metrics and cost savings and asking the council to approve a new, grant-funded position for the county's newly opened residential center.
The presentation noted steady home-detention numbers, a slight decline in pretrial numbers, and that there were no residential-center clients in 2025 but 22 people were already in the residential center in early 2026. The department reported conducting 2,316 drug screens in 2025, with approximately 84% negative results.
The presenter said the department's methodology for estimating cost savings takes the number of clients served, multiplies days on programs by the daily incarceration rate, and subtracts grant funding; the speaker gave a total estimated 2025 savings of $9,624,000, up from $8,687,000 the prior year.
Council members asked about residential-center capacity and whether clients choose placement; the presenter said courts and the assessor of placement often determine where clients are placed and that the residential center currently holds 22 clients with single-bed configuration (about 80 male/40 female design capacity but limited by single beds unless modified).
Separately, the department requested to reallocate grant/project funds to hire a new staff member for the residential center (the position was described as funded entirely from grant/project income, not county general funds) at an amount identified in the request as $47,000. The council moved, seconded and approved the position by voice/roll call; presenters said the change would leave the department under its previously-approved budget.
The presenter praised staff and the team effort to open the residential center and said that evidence-based training hours and drug-court graduations are positive trends.
