The Limestone County Commission voted 4-0 Monday to establish a Community Corrections Program that will likely be housed in the old Hometown Grocery building in the Crutcher Shopping Center off South Jefferson Street.

Commissioners said plans are being drawn up to lease the building owned by Jimmy Greenhaw and adopted a $169,206 budget for the first year operation of the program.

Commissioners said much of the funds needed to operate the program are grants already approved by state and federal agencies.

A case management supervisor and manager positions were approved Monday along with operations contracts for a phone system with Bellsouth.

Commissioners and Limestone County Revenue Enforcement Officer Rodney Jackson first announced the program last month.

They said non-violent prisoners will be put into the program and will be allowed to hold jobs in the community so that once they are released back in the community they should become better citizens.

Although the program is not a work release program, it is similar to that program, officials said.

In other action Monday, commissioners adopted a resolution on compensation for poll workers at $75 per day with inspectors paid $100 per day.

The state will also pay $25 per day to poll workers with the county paying an additional $30 per day supplement to each inspector upon completion of no less than two and more than three additional hours of instruction.

Commissioners voted to pay each clerk $75 per day plus $25 for completion of an election.

Commissioners accepted a $148,800 grant from ADECA for the Limestone County Rails to Trails project and accepted Kasey Lynn Estates Subdivision in District 4 at Witty Mill Road west of Alabama 127.

A $25 mph speed limit was imposed at Booth Lane in District 1.