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The Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio approves the budget for next year, which includes some member jurisdictions taking fewer beds for the year. Those decreases amount to a reduction of $95,561 dollars…and an overall personnel expense reduction of $182 thousand. Officials say…the regional jail will be reducing budgeted positions…through attrition. The change in bed allocations results in a $79.67 per diem rate for member jurisdictions. The board also approved transferring $300,000 dollars from this year’s budget to the 2024 budget to help cover health care costs. A new five-year contract for meals and commissary services was approved for Aramark. The meal cost at CCNO will go from the current 90 cents per meal to $1.21, while meals at the juvenile detention center will rise from $2.21 to $2.50. CCNO will receive 30% of the commissary profit, while a 5% increase in commissary items will be included. A three-year contract with Findlay for beds was also approved by the board, with the rate being $89.67 per diem next year.

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