Supervisors consider using jail revenue to offset rising food costs
County staff and supervisors said jail food spending is higher than budgeted; the board debated whether to deduct meal costs before splitting revenue from out-of-county housing and to adjust budgets ahead of the next fiscal year.
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At the Tuesday meeting, Andrew Long told the board that food spending for the jail is higher than anticipated and that staff plan purchases assuming a 40‑inmate baseline. "It's in the ballpark of 3 to 4,000 a week," Long said of food costs.
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