Marshall County Sheriff Matt Hassel presented members of the County Council with his proposed 2023 Commissary Budget on January 12th.
The report details the 2022 Budget which totaled $251,000. It also details the expenditures for last year. The total expenditures were $116,043.32.
The Commissary Budget is divided into three categories, Supplies, Services, and Equipment. The proposal for 2023 has $42,000 for supplies including employee awards, K-9 supplies, jail supplies, vehicle maintenance, and vending supplies. In the Service category, the budget is $128,000 which is an increase from last year of $24,000. Expenditures in this category include banking fees, equipment contracts, legal services, and inmate services. The increases were in training from $35,000 to $55,000 and in Youth Programs from $6,000 to $10,000. The equipment category budget is $115,000 including vehicle accessories, office furniture, vehicles, and other equipment.
The proposed 2023 Commissary Budget was approved at $285,000. The balance in the Commissary Budget as of December 31, 2022, was $222,267.4.5
The Commissary money comes from the two vendors that provide services to our inmates for pay. The services are commissary items like candy bars, chips, snacks, paper, ect. Which is Stellar. The other company Tellmate provides tablet use, extra visitation, phone calls. These companies pay us a small percentage of their profit and that is where the commissary money comes from.
