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Fulton County approves $63,800 in state probation grants, acknowledges retention stipend plan
Summary
The board authorized two state grants for the county probation office — $35,000 for Intermediate Punishment Treatment and $28,800 for Continuing County Adult Probation/Parole — and acknowledged a retention stipend proposal to be funded from restricted monthly supervision fees.
Fulton County Commissioners on Dec. 9 approved two state grants to support adult probation services and acknowledged a staff retention plan.
Chief Probation Officer Dan Miller asked the board to authorize two state grants for fiscal year 2025–2026: an Intermediate Punishment Treatment Grant for $35,000 and a Continuing County Adult Probation/Parole Grant for $28,800. Commissioner Steven L. Wible moved to authorize Commissioner Randy H. Bunch to sign the Intermediate Punishment Treatment Grant; Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to authorize Commissioner Bunch to sign the Continuing County Adult Probation/Parole Grant. Both motions carried with all commissioners voting in favor.
Separately, the board recorded acknowledgment of a "Retention Efforts Letter" from Chief Probation Officer Miller proposing a stipend funded from the monthly supervision fee held in a restricted account and disbursed only by the President Judge for the Adult Probation Department. The minutes show the board acknowledged the retention plan; they do not reflect a vote to appropriate recurring funding beyond the stated stipend-source mechanism.
The approvals authorize the county to accept and sign the two state grants and to proceed with the retention-account approach described in the letter. The minutes do not include detailed programmatic conditions or a schedule for disbursement of the proposed stipend.
