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Fayette County approves renewal for guaranteed juvenile detention bed space with Jefferson County at prior rates
Summary
The board approved placement on the agenda of a renewal agreement with Jefferson County Juvenile Detention Center that maintains prior-year rates of $175 per day for detention services and $300 per day for eligible direct-file youthful offenders.
Heath Randolph presented a renewal agreement between Fayette County and the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division/Jefferson County Juvenile Detention Center to guarantee bed space and detention services. Commissioners voted unanimously to move the item to the public meeting agenda; Randolph stated the rates remain unchanged from the previous year.
The agreement preserves the prior-year daily rate of $175 for detention services and $300 per day for eligible direct-file IOJ youthful offenders, "as space allows." County staff described the contract as a cost-saving renewal for Fayette County Juvenile Probation.
