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Fulton County authorizes two state probation grants totaling $63,800 and acknowledges retention stipend plan
Summary
The commissioners authorized a $35,000 Intermediate Punishment Treatment Grant and a $28,800 Continuing County Adult Probation/Parole Grant and acknowledged a retention-efforts letter proposing a stipend funded from a restricted portion of monthly supervision fees.
Chief Probation Officer Dan Miller presented two state grant requests at the Dec. 9 meeting. Commissioners authorized Commissioner Randy H. Bunch to sign a 2025-2026 Intermediate Punishment Treatment Grant for $35,000 and authorized Commissioner Bunch to sign a 2025-2026 Continuing County Adult Probation/Parole Grant for $28,800. Both motions passed with all commissioners recorded as "all in favor."
Commissioners additionally acknowledged a "Retention Efforts Letter" from the Probation Office describing implementation of a stipend funded from a restricted portion of monthly supervision fees that would be held in a restricted account and may be spent only by the President Judge for the Adult Probation Department. The minutes record acknowledgment of the letter; the board did not record details of stipend amounts or implementation timelines in the meeting minutes.
Why it matters: The grants provide budgetary support for probation treatment and supervision services and the retention-step acknowledges a locally controlled stipend mechanism to support probation staff retention. The retention mechanism described in the minutes is limited by design to funds kept in a restricted account and disbursed by judicial authority (the President Judge) according to the minutes.
Next steps: Grants require signatures and standard state grant compliance and reporting; the board authorized Commissioner Bunch to execute grant documents as presented.
