The Grundy County Commission has signed a contract to allow the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department to receive a grant. The department will be awarded $160,000 through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
The grant will help detect and mitigate COVID-19 in confinement facilities. The grant will be a 100% reimbursement model, with the department planning to buy a body scanner and video conference unit for the detention center.
In 2023, the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department received a $119,000 Jail Improvement Grant through the Department of Public Safety. The grant utilized federal ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds and had a 50% match. The department updated its closed circuit television cameras from analog to digital at the jail, installed intercoms, and put in a new device to record cameras.
Next week, the Grundy County Commission will continue work on the 2024 budget in a series of meeting at the courthouse in Trenton.
