Morgan County Sheriff Mike Carmody is negotiating a contract with the state that allows the county to provide services for children.
Sheriff Carmody told the board this morning that money in the contract provides the county with a grant that would include a car, and a deputy’s salary.
Carmody says the county was in a four year agreement with the department of children and family services, and that’s been trimmed to two, forcing the talks.
He is hoping the state will agree to a new four year agreement that would buy a new car, and fund a deputy’s position. That deputy would cover Morgan County, and sometimes be called in to nearby counties when a complaint involves children.
Carmody says the use of one of his deputies helps DCFS do its job.
He says the agreement has worked well.
The grant would initially be $114,800 that would grow to close to $163-thousand with a new vehicle. That contract would roll back to the $115-thousand level once the vehicle is purchased.