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