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Sheriff's office says $72,000 is coming for jail opioid treatment as commissioners note seasonal overcrowding; new youth detention director introduced
Summary
A sheriff's office representative told commissioners the county will receive $72,000 to expand medically assisted opioid treatment in the jail; commissioners also welcomed a new youth detention director, David Richard, and heard that the jail is operating over capacity during summer months.
A sheriff's office official told Jefferson County commissioners the county will receive $72,000 to expand opioid treatment services for people incarcerated in the county jail.
The sheriff's office representative described the funding as support for additional medically assisted treatment at the jail and said, "we got $72,000 coming" to fund those efforts. Commissioners asked about current jail population and capacity; the transcript records the official reporting population figures and noting the jail is operating over capacity during the summer months. The speaker said population typically decreases in September and October, drops through December and then rises again after the new year.
During the same meeting the commission introduced David Richard as the new director of youth detention. The presiding commissioner welcomed Richard to the board and Richard offered brief greetings.
The sheriff's office official also introduced Ken Stovall as the new chief of staff at the sheriff's office, who was attending to observe commission business.
The transcript records the following relevant, directly quoted statements from the sheriff's office official: "We need to do some additional medically assisted treatments for our for the, opioid addicted folks in the jail, and we got $72,000 coming from the day." The meeting record also includes an exchange in which the official discussed jail population and capacity, stating the jail is "a little over capacity right now" and that summer months typically see the highest numbers.
No formal vote or action to accept the $72,000 appears in the transcript; the funding was presented as information to the commission. The transcript does not identify the funding source by statute or grant program name or record a motion to appropriate or accept the funds. The transcript also contains fragmented numeric references to population and capacity that are inconsistent in places; those figures are presented here as reported in the meeting record without independent verification.
The commission did not take final action on corrections staffing or programming at the time recorded in the transcript; the discussion consisted of an informational presentation and introductions of new staff members.
