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Supervisors consider using jail revenue to offset rising food costs
Summary
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.
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.
Supervisors discussed how to account for food expenses against revenue from housing Scott County inmates. A proposal circulated among board members would deduct food costs before applying the agreed revenue split; Sheriff Kilberg urged that "we should pull the the food cost out of the revenue that's been created" so county taxpayers are not indirectly subsidizing out‑of‑county fees. County auditors cautioned that receipts must be shown clearly for state auditors, and supervisors signaled they may schedule a budget work session to resolve accounting and possible amendments to budget lines.
