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Sheriff Ray asks county to route inmate-related revenue into dedicated jail fund; committee will forward resolution
Summary
Sheriff Ray asked the committee to draft a resolution that would place commissary, phone and inmate-board payments into a dedicated jail fund for upkeep or future expansion; the committee voted to forward the proposal to the county commission for further consideration.
Sheriff Ray told the Trousdale County law enforcement committee he wants the county to reserve money received for housing state inmates and place it in a dedicated jail fund rather than letting those receipts flow into the general fund.
"I'd like to do a resolution where we could take that money and put it into a fund where it would stay with the jail to help either pay for the jail or expansion in the future or upkeep of the jail is what it's designed to do," the sheriff said, urging the committee to consider routing commissary, phone and contract…
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