09-07-2012, 12:22 PM
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northw..._some.html
Excerpt: "A southern Oregon county struggling with the end of federal timber subsidies has decided to restore some of the jail capacity it cut earlier this year when it turned loose nearly 40 inmates.
Josephine County will staff the jail to accommodate 69 inmates, up from 30, hiring a deputy and two monitoring technicians, The Grants Pass Daily Courier reported Thursday.
In the spring, the county cut capacity from 120 after voters rejected a $12 million-a-year property tax levy for law enforcement.
Restoring jail beds was part of a $400,000 package the county commissioners approved to bolster law enforcement for the current budget year. The money will also go for a full-time and part-time prosecutor.
The money comes from what so far appears to be the final payment in a long history of subsidies. Like other Oregon timber counties, Josephine has long relied on federal dollars to pay for county expenses, either through money divvied up from timber sales or from the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act..."
Excerpt: "A southern Oregon county struggling with the end of federal timber subsidies has decided to restore some of the jail capacity it cut earlier this year when it turned loose nearly 40 inmates.
Josephine County will staff the jail to accommodate 69 inmates, up from 30, hiring a deputy and two monitoring technicians, The Grants Pass Daily Courier reported Thursday.
In the spring, the county cut capacity from 120 after voters rejected a $12 million-a-year property tax levy for law enforcement.
Restoring jail beds was part of a $400,000 package the county commissioners approved to bolster law enforcement for the current budget year. The money will also go for a full-time and part-time prosecutor.
The money comes from what so far appears to be the final payment in a long history of subsidies. Like other Oregon timber counties, Josephine has long relied on federal dollars to pay for county expenses, either through money divvied up from timber sales or from the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act..."