Dauphin County commissioners met on Wednesday.
The Dauphin County commissioners have entered into a 20-year intergovernmental cooperation agreement with several neighboring counties for a new Multi-County Regional Youth Detention Center agency.
Approved during a legislative session on Wednesday, the agreement is designed to address a shortage of juvenile detention beds in the county.
Cooperating counties include Berks County, Lackawanna County and Lehigh County. The new detention agency will operate out of Berks County, and its detention program director will serve as the new agency’s director.
Dauphin County will appoint three out of 12 members of the new agency’s council. It will be responsible for 25% of the ongoing operating costs of the agency, which will be paid to Berks County on a quarterly basis. Half of Dauphin County’s money for the agreement comes from the state; the other half from the county.
The commissioners unanimously approved the contract, as one of 44 line items, at their weekly meeting.
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