Electronic home monitoring contract restructuring
Summary
The county's 1980s-era deal for electronic home monitoring wasn't working for anyone. A six-month bridge agreement shifts indigent-monitoring costs onto the county while it prepares an RFP — with hopes of gathering data on whether monitoring terms can be shortened.
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Last discussed Jan 6, 2026.
Impact analysis
About $300,000 budgeted this year, with the county absorbing the $7/day gap for people who can't pay the $15 daily fee.
People kept in the community instead of jail, and taxpayers, since monitoring is far cheaper than incarceration.
County taxpayers pick up costs the vendor used to absorb; members also flagged uncollected court fees as a related fairness issue.
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