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Commissioners approve interlocal inmate-housing pacts with Tyler and Polk counties; authorize sheriff grant application
Summary
The court approved interlocal agreements to house inmates from Tyler and Polk counties and authorized the Sheriff's Office to apply for the Texas Sheriff Immigration Law Enforcement Grant Program.
Angelina County Commissioners approved interlocal agreements to house inmates from Tyler and Polk counties in the Angelina County Jail. Commissioner Tom Berry moved to approve the agreement with Tyler County; Commissioner Kermit Kennedy moved to approve the agreement with Polk County. Both motions were seconded and recorded as carried with Commissioners Tim Sprinkle, Kermit Kennedy, Tom Berry and Kenneth Jeffrey voting in favor.
In the same meeting the court authorized the Sheriff's Office to submit an application for the Texas Sheriff Immigration Law Enforcement Grant Program. The motion to allow the application was moved by Tom Berry and seconded by Tim Sprinkle and carried by the same recorded votes. The minutes do not include grant-application specifics such as requested amounts or deadlines.
