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Coosa County approves Goodwater jail-housing deal and creates full-time transport post
Summary
The commission approved an agreement to house Goodwater municipal prisoners in the Coosa County Jail at $20 per day ($15 to the sheriff, $5 to the county) and approved converting two part-time transport positions into one full-time position.
The Coosa County Commission on Jan. 13 approved an intergovernmental agreement allowing the City of Goodwater to house its municipal detainees in the Coosa County Jail and approved a staffing change in the Sheriff's Office to create one full-time transport position to replace two part-time positions.
The adopted agreement states, "GOODWATER agrees to pay the following amounts per day (or portion thereof) for each of its prisoners housed in the county jail: $15.00 to SHERIFF $5.00 to COOSA $20.00 Total." The written agreement expressly excludes persons charged with a felony from the municipality’s paid housing arrangement and requires Goodwater to pay medical expenses incurred by its prisoners while housed in the county jail.
Sheriff Michael Howell submitted memoranda and inventory items to the commission earlier in the meeting documenting personnel changes and a resignation in the transport unit; those memos were entered into the record. Commissioner John Forbus moved to create the single full-time transport post and remove the two part-time positions; the motion was seconded and unanimously approved.
The jail-housing contract requires an itemized invoice at the beginning of each month, payable by the 10th, and includes a 60-day termination provision after an initial six-month period. The minutes do not record anticipated prisoner counts or an estimate of annual revenue from the arrangement.
