The court received a status report on salaries and overtime during the Dec. 12 session, including jail staffing and billing practices related to federal ICE detainees.

The payroll report showed 2,044 overtime hours for the pay period, with 870 hours attributable to covering sick or vacation leave. The judge and county staff said several recently hired jail employees completed training and that the jail's staffing level improved as new employees came on board.

On intergovernmental billing, a county law-enforcement speaker described interactions with federal marshals: when people taken into custody are deemed federal, marshals have 72 hours to pick them up; the county can bill for custody time while they remain in local custody. Commissioners asked whether the county must release detainees if federal authorities do not pick them up; staff said policies allow continued custody and billing but emphasized the county’s goal is marshal pickup within 72 hours.

No formal action was taken; commissioners asked staff to continue monitoring overtime and to incorporate staffing changes into the next payroll reconciliation.