VAIDEN – The Carroll County Board of Supervisors have initially agreed on the points in an agreement with Montgomery County regarding usage of the jail.
According to county attorney Kevin Horan, both counties will pay $25 per day to house local inmates. The agreement, which has not yet been voted on by Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, includes a 30 inmate minimum from Montgomery County, with the Carroll Montgomery Regional Correctional Facility being used exclusively for all Montgomery County’s inmates.
The agreement, if adopted by both boards, will span 20 years.
Carroll County Sheriff Clint Walker asked Horan to include in the agreement that Montgomery County will reimburse the facility for “extraordinary expenses” in a timely manner.
Horan said he will speak again with Montgomery County’s attorney, Alan D. Lancaster, about the requested changes, and bring the matter back to the board at the end of the month meeting.
The previous inter local agreement between Carroll and Montgomery counties regarding use of the jail expired in November 2017.
In other county business:
• The board voted to void a land sale from 2015 due to an error in posting tax payment for the property in question. Carroll County Tax Assessor/Collector Wilton Neal asked the board to refund $765 to the man who purchased the property in the sale, which the board approved.
• Board President Rickie Corley asked Neal about the Carrollton tax office closing at 4 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. on Good Friday. Corley said he had citizens call to complain after they drove to the office to conduct county business and found it closed. Neal said he authorized his employees to close the hour early due to the holiday, however, Corley explained that only the board could approve a change in office hours.
• The board voted to close the bridge on County Road 70, behind Bailey Lake, permanently. The bridge is currently at a dead end, leading onto private property, and a bridge blocks the road past the bridge.
• The board approved the appointment of Jennie Hurst and Will Rogers as members of the Carroll County Recreational Park Board of Directors. They will replace Eric Hopkins and Tara Blaylock.
• The board approved a new county policy created by Horan stating that all employees must take mandatory lunch breaks, and that no overtime or comp time can be acquired by not taking the required break.
However, if there is a specific reason why a lunch break is missed, like a session of court, comp time would apply. Horan reminded the board that an employee cannot receive accrue comp time until they have worked 40 hours for the week.
• The board will meet again on April 30 at the Carroll County Courthouse in Vaiden.
