(A) The County Jail houses prisoners on a per diem basis for jurisdictions other than Putnam County and for the Department of Corrections at a rate of $35 per day.
(B) As deemed by the County Council that the funds for the housing of prisoners held for entities other than Putnam County shall be handled as follows.
(1) All funds are to be directly provided from the DOC to the County Treasurer.
(2) The County Treasurer is to immediately notify the Sheriff Department of DOC payments received. Then the Sheriff’s Department is to audit the payments received from the DOC against their prisoner records and make out a report of collections to be submitted to the County Auditor.
(3) The Auditor is to disburse the funds as follows:
(a) Twenty dollars per each prisoner per diem shall be distributed to the County Sheriff’s Department jail budget. These funds shall be used for the reimbursement of the Sheriff Department and jail’s expenses related to housing of prisoners from other jurisdictions of the Department of Corrections and/or on such other expenditures as approved by the County Board of Commissioners;
(b) The County Council must approve the expenditure of these funds by the Sheriff’s Department; and
(c) Fifteen dollars per each prisoner per diem shall be distributed to the County General Fund and be included in the monthly Auditor report.
(Res. 2006-07-18, passed 7-18-2006; Res. 2008-04-15, passed 4-15-2008)