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Douglas County corrections director reports $2.1M favorable budget variance, highlights pretrial savings and new mental-health addition
Summary
Director Michael Myers told commissioners the Department of Corrections is $2,106,994 under budget through the ninth month, reported March pretrial programming saved the county $799,340 in detention costs, and updated the board on staff promotions and a mental-health housing addition due for substantial completion in October.
Director Michael Myers told the Douglas County Board of Commissioners on April 28 that the Department of Corrections was $2,106,994 under budget through the ninth month of the fiscal year and that March overtime spending totaled $276,531.
Myers detailed operational metrics, including 1,402 admissions and 1,422 releases in the month, an average daily population of 1,094, and an average length of stay of 31 days. He said 65% of the current population are minorities and 22% are homeless or nearly homeless. "Pretrial release saved Douglas County $799,340 in detention costs in March," Myers said, summarizing a calculation based on bed days saved by GPS and other programs.
Myers announced two promotions in March — Brian Mulvaney and Andrew…
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