In October 2016, the Addison Police Department contracted the City of Carrollton's Police Department Detention Center to house our arrestees and inmates through an Inter-Local Agreement (ILA). This ILA was approved by Council on September 13, 2016. The original agreement and fee structure dictated Addison pay for housing on a per day basis, per prisoner and provide funding for part-time transportation to Dallas County Jail. This original fee structure also differed from what the Coppell Police Department paid for the same service.

As of September 30, 2017, the ILA signed by Addison and Carrollton on September 2016 expired without a provision to extend. The one-year length of the agreement was intentional to allow the two cities to see if the costs agreed to were appropriate.  This new ILA will also align the fee structures of Addison and Coppell which will ease the administrative billing process for Carrollton.

The agreement presented for approval will reflect the changes in the fee structure and will be the same the City of Coppell pays for detention services in Carrollton. Last fiscal year the Addison Police Department arrested and transported approximately 1,414 persons to the Carrollton jail. Including the fees for transportation services, the total cost for detention services equaled $158,181.39. The new agreement increases the flat-rate, per prisoner from $65 to $100, reduces the annual fee from $105,000 to $25,000 billed quarterly for transportation services and adds a $21,000 annual fee billed quarterly for medical services and transportation to the hospital by Carrollton Fire Department. There are various other fees noted within the ILA to reimburse Carrollton for service rendered if required.

The costs associated with contracting detention services by the City of Carrollton will increase slightly under the new agreement. However, staff feels the increased costs are reasonable compared to providing the same level of service here in Addison. Staff does not anticipate any funding issues under this new agreement as the budgeted $235,000 for jail services within the police department is sufficient.