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County approves two XK300 medical sensors for jail, sets inmate per-diem rates
Summary
Commissioners approved purchase of two XK300 medical sensors for $12,500 and set federal inmate per-diem at $100/day and other inmates at $80/day for housing in the county correctional facility.
Correctional Administrator Laurie Johnson, accompanied by Dr. Mark Longmuir, presented on the XK300 medical sensor on April 1. The board approved purchase of two XK300 sensors totaling $12,500 and authorized amending the jail budget at year-end if necessary; the motion passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.
Johnson also provided an update on per-diem rates in the area and the board set the per diem for federal inmates at $100 per day and $80 per day for all other inmates housed in the Mountrail County Correctional Facility. The actions were presented as operational and budgetary adjustments for the corrections department.
