BONHAM â Fannin County Bond Supervision will now be under the direction of Fannin County Adult Probation, a separate state department, after commissioners on Tuesday approved the shift.
County Judge Randy Moore and Corey Baker, director of Adult Probation, signed a memorandum of understanding moments after the Commissionersâ Court approval. Many of the memoâs details were hashed out during January commissioners meetings, and following discussion Jan. 26, commissioners added a September 2021 expiration date to coincide with the end of the countyâs fiscal year. The county will have the option to re-up the agreement annually, Moore said.
The move comes roughly a month after commissioners first discussed Bakerâs request to transfer the department because Bond Supervisor Donna Lester was struggling with a massive and growing workload. That workload, Lester told commissioners, includes seeing 40 to 50 people per day, adding 30 to 40 cases per month and answering seemingly endless phone calls. Baker said his department would help handle office visits and phone calls. Baker also sought four months of startup funding, about $20,000, to cover Lesterâs salary, benefits, computer needs and drug tests until the program is up on its feet and collecting enough fees to pay for itself.