CCGBA board meets, hears report (Tahlequah Daily Press)

CCGBA board meets, hears report
Press staff reports CNHI The Tahlequah Daily Press
Thu Oct 21, 2010, 10:41 AM CDT

TAHLEQUAH — Cherokee County Governmental Building Authority members heard a brief report Wednesday from Detention Center Administrator Loyd Bickel.

Bickel’s report was the only item on the agenda other than paying the authority’s bills and approving payroll. Bickel’s report is given monthly and doesn’t require action to be taken by the board.

Bickel said 107 inmates were housed at the 150-bed facility Wednesday morning. Ten were being held in the booking area and one of the 10 is a juvenile.

Eighteen women were inmates there and one inmate was being held for immigration. Bickel said 14 were awaiting transport to a Department of Corrections facility and 15 are doing county jail sentences.

He said a person may be sentenced to serve up to a year in the county jail.