Times Journal

Posted January 22, 2014 at 2:39 pm

Jailer Bobby Dunbar provided the numbers relating to the fiscal savings to the county of inmates’ community service projects in the 2013 year at last Monday’s regular meeting of the fiscal court. Overall, Dunbar said savings were $150,208 by community service done by level 1 and level 2 inmates; inmates that are qualified to do supervised work outside of the detention center.

Dunbar gave the jail report: Average December inmate population, 99. Current population of the detention center is five inmates from Clinton County, 68 state inmates and 30 county inmates for an inmate population of 103 currently. Prescription co-pay, $80.01, medical co-pay, $138.21, House Bill 452, $213.36, DUI fees, $770.10, housing state inmates reimbursement, $56,242,72, Social Security, $400, House Bill 413, $2,196.63, work release inmate reimbursement, $336.00, housing inmates from Clinton County, $7,018.00, booking fees, $1,960.30, reimbursement phone company, $3,182.00, per diem, $917.32, December interest, $16.01, recycling from can pick-up, $90.00, total, $75,666,99. Overtime was 12 hours. Dunbar said the overtime was due to an inmate who had to have emergency surgery at UK Medical Center.

Dunbar said the detention center made a $25,000 donation to the county for the month and will be providing another in the next couple of months. He said the center had purchased four reliable transport cars at a total of $10,400 since opening February of 2011. Of this cost, $6,500 was paid from county funds, of which the center has repaid $4,000, leaving $2,500 he hopes to get to the county as soon as possible.

Dunbar provided the court with updated policies and procedures to look at and sign off on the first of the month. He said also that they have a new jail inspector, Mike Coomer. Coomer had been a jail inspector prior to this appointment.

The court voted affirmative to transferring $50,000 to the jail fund from the general fund. Additionally, the court voted to transfer $50,000 from the general fund to 9-1-1 dispatch.