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Sheriff updates Richardson County Board on prisoner numbers

By John Nixon

07/27/2022

(KLZA)-- Richardson County Sheriff Rick Hardesty updated County Commissioners Tuesday of the number of inmates currently in the Richardson County Law Enforcement Center and the number of prisoners that needed to be transported to other facilities in the past week due to the number of prisoners. The Jail can hold 24 inmates. Recently the Sheriff's Department has been transporting prisoners nearly 130 miles to Washington County, Nebraska when the number of prisoners climb past the allowable number of inmates.

Commissioners also approved a resolution to formally approve the number of deputies for the Sheriff's Department to allow an additional deputy to serve as the school resource officers the the Humboldt – Table Rock – Steinauer School District. The school will pay for the cost of the added Deputy.

resolution to close a portion of 660 Avenue, approximately 415 feet south of the intersection of 711 Road and 660 Avenue was adopted during the meeting.

The Board also received the annual report from the Quad County Historical Society. A request for continued funding from the County in an amount of $5,000 for the next fiscal year was presented. The request will be considered during the budgeting process for fiscal year 2022-23.

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