The jail bills the city for handling an inmate.įor a city such as Monroe, its sample jail bill in October was $29,000, but this would have been $38,000 if the county jail charged its fee plan of $182 per day, Deputy Chief Ryan Irving told Monroe’s City Council on Dec.
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By delaying the full fee increases to 2022, Nehring said that cities will be better able to plan the increases into their 2022 budgets. “I am supportive of that effort to achieve full cost-recovery and appreciate the Sheriff’s Office for making that a priority. Everett Police, for example, estimates jail bookings are down 40 percent.Ĭounty Council Chair Nate Nehring said by email the fee increases are “so that the county is not subsidizing the costs of other entities,” meaning contracted cities. Jail bookings are way down during the pandemic. Labor costs jumped: the corrections bureau’s employee union last year bargained for a cumulative 10.87% pay increase and speciality pay for longevity, Cicero said. “The proposed jail fees increased to align with actual direct costs,” Cicero said. The initially proposed fees would have raised a bit over $2.5 million in additional money for the jail system. The 2021 fee schedule also has a 1.5 percent increase for booking an inmate and a per-hour fee increase of 4.35 percent for presenting an inmate for court by video. The sheriff’s office is reverting back to a flat rate to follow what most other jails are doing, Cicero said. However, the sheriff’s office was using a three-tier fee system, where on top of the base rate, the jail was charging either an additional $60 per day to a city if the inmate needed healthcare services, or $143.25 additional per day if the inmate required mental health services. The base rate until this change was $103 per day. It is lower than the flat rate first proposed at $182 per day. The housing fee will be $142.63 per day, under the limits set by the council. Sending inmates to jail will still cost cities more than in 2020. 21 to spread out the increases: The council limited the proposed fee increase to half for 2021, with the full fee schedule coming into effect for 2022. “The city police chiefs are responsible for passing this information along to their city managers and mayors,” Cicero said.Ĭounty Council members intervened with a unanimous vote Dec. Sheriff’s office Finance Manager Dawn Cicero said the sheriff’s office outlined the fee adjustments in the summer to the Snohomish County Sheriff and Police Chiefs Association.
The surprise didn’t appear to be intentional. The revised fee plans from the sheriff’s office came to them in mid-November, well into budget season, and they contained a notable price jump for housing an inmate. Jail fees are rising, but cities catch a small breakĮVERETT - Many city budget writers were stunned when an updated fee schedule for the county jail came out.
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