Cleveland and Cuyahoga County have reached an agreement on the cost of housing the city’s detainees at the Cuyahoga County Jail.

After 18 months of contentious negotiations, the city agreed to amend its contract with the county and increase the daily rate it pays for each detainee from $99 to $143. Cuyahoga County Council approved the new rate at its meeting last week.

“There has been times when the city and the county has been miles apart,” said City Council President Blaine Griffin, who described himself as a “hard no” on the amended contract during Wednesday’s committee of the whole meeting. “There has been times with me as council president and many other council members have been very vocal that a deal is a deal. ”

The city and county agreed on the $99 rate in 2017, when the city

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