Wednesdays were an important day for Scotty Tillery during his time on the Polk County Board of Commissioners. And a Wednesday became important last week because of him.
The Polk County Jail is the largest mental health and substance-use disorder housing facility in the county. Studies show that 44% of jail inmates have some sort of mental health disorder and 63% of inmates have a substance-use disorder.
A called meeting of the Polk County Board of Commissioners on Thursday produced a unanimous choice to fill the vacancy left by the passing of Commissioner Scotty Tillery earlier this