I looked on the County website and found the fiscal year 2009 allowance and salary schedule for elected officials. From that document:
(3) The Sheriff’s salary may be supplemented from non-tax revenues up to $12,000 for detention monitoring compensation subject to, and contingent upon actual receipt of monitoring reimbursement funds under the Facility Lease, Operation and Management Agreement regarding the housing of Federal Prisoners at the Downtown Jail.
Why is the same not available for FY 2010? I don't know. Call your commissioner. 254-757-5000.
Key words here are non-tax revenues and monitoring reimbursement funds.
A private company can not contract with the federal government for the housing of federal prisoners. Only another government entity. McLennan County has such an agreement. Jim Lewis implies the county keeps a portion of the money paid by the feds for housing prisoners and passes the money on to the private company sans the "fee". Lewis tries to imply the Sheriff's kickback is paid from a portion of the "fee" and as such the kickback does not come from CEC.
The Feds do not pay a monitoring reimbursement fee. Note the wording above indicating the Sheriff receives his kickback contingent on the County receiving "monitoring reimbursement funds". If the feds only pay a per prisoner fee, where does the monitoring reimbursement funds come from? Can't be the feds.
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