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Committee hears request to shift nearly $1.26 million to cover jail medical, food costs
Summary
Jackson County staff described rising detention center costs and overcrowding in support of Ordinance 6046, which would appropriate $810,000 from the 2025 health fund, $400,000 from the inmate security fund and transfer $50,000 from the general fund to cover increased medical, medication and food expenses; the committee lacked a quorum and did not vote.
Sean Smith, chair of the Finance and Audit Committee, introduced Ordinance 6046, which would appropriate funds to cover higher medical, medication and food costs at the Jackson County Detention Center: $810,000 from undesignated 2025 health fund balances, $400,000 from the 2025 inmate security fund and a $50,000 transfer from the 2025…
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