By Alex Paul
Linn County Communications
The Linn County Juvenile Department held 31 young people in January, director Torri Lynn told County Commissioners Roger Nyquist and Will Tucker at their Feb. 24 meeting.
There were 20 youths from Linn County held for 181 days. Of those, 16 were male and four were female.
Eight youths – six males and two females – from Benton County were held for 64 days.
Three boys from Lincoln County were held for 50 days of care. There were no young people from Clackamas and Marion counties.
Lynn said his department received 34 referrals in January, 22 of which were criminally oriented.
There are 192 young people in the Probation Unit, with 32 assessed as high-risk.
The victim advocate made 125 contacts.
The Tier I work crew completed almost 131 hours of community service in 11 days. In January 2025, the work crew of nine youths completed almost 118 hours of community service.
The 22-member Tier II work crew completed almost 451 hours of community service, compared to 16 youth completing almost 472 hours of community service in January 2025.
Three young people completed 26.25 hours in the restitution program and two youths completed 25 hours through the wildfire risk reduction program.
In other business, the commissioners:
- Approved the transfer of $71,000 within the General Grants Fund to the Health Fund to support the drug deflection program through the District Attorney’s Office.
- Approved a Declaration of Necessity to acquire right-of-way for the Bowers Drive Bridge Replacement Project for the Road Department. The project will replace the existing bridge with one meeting current standards to reduce road safety hazards for vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles. The project is federally funded for $2,561,522.31 million, with a 10.27% match by Linn County.
- Approved a contract between the Linn County Sheriff’s Office and AA Towing of Albany.
- Approved a 4.7% increase to the food services contract between the Linn County Sheriff’s Office and SUMMIT Food Services for meals at the Linn County Jail. The increase will add about $20,000 to $21,000 over the next 12 months.