ITEM TITLE:
Approval of FY2026 Community Jail Contract with the State of Alaska
SUBMITTED BY: Kalin King, Chief of Police
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: N/A
Unencumbered Balance: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the FY2026 [July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026] Community Jail contract with the State of Alaska.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The total contract amount for FY2025 was $641,276 for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
The total contract amount for FY2026 is $615,360.15 for the period from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The base contract amount for the Community Jail contract is 579,395.50. Sentenced electronic monitoring (EM) for $10,000.00 is included in this contract. The Pretrial Services contract amount is $25,954.66 (Pretrial Electronic Monitoring $14,275.06 + Pretrial Supervision $11,679.60).
When we questioned as to the cause of the reduction in the contract amount the State of Alaska’s response was that the difference is due to the structural changes in Pretrial funding. No explanation regarding what the changes were was offered. Further, overall funding for the community jails program was reduced this past legislative cycle by $476,000, which was distributed evenly amongst all jails.