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HALL COUNTY BOARD OF CORRECTIONS MEETING SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 The Hall County Board of Corrections met from general session and by published call: 10:00 a.m. Jeffries made the motion and Lancaster seconded to go into the Board of Corrections. Arnold, Eriksen, Jeffries, Lancaster, Rye and Wagoner, all voted yes and none voted no with Bob Humiston absent. Motion carried. CALL TO ORDER — Arnold called the meeting of the Board of Corrections to order. ROLL CALL - Members present were Scott Arnold, Jim Eriksen, Bud Jeffries, Pamela Lancaster, Bob Rye, and Daniel Wagoner. Bob Humiston was absent. Also present was Corrections Director Fred Ruiz. OPEN MEETING LAW — Chairman Arnold read the notice of the open meeting law. MINUTES OF MEETING — Lancaster made a motion and Humiston seconded to place on file the minutes of the July 10, 2007 meeting. Arnold, Eriksen, Jeffries, Lancaster, Rye and Wagoner, all voted yes and none voted no with Humiston absent. Motion carried. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION — Chairman Arnold called for public participation and no one responded. CORRECTIONS DIRECTORS REPORT — Corrections Director Fred Ruiz was present. He stated that the construction is going well, the building is enclosed, the roof and windows are completed leted but there are no security doors. Once the building is secured then power will be available in the building to all of sub contractors. Another sign of progress is that the parking lots are poured and all of the concrete floors in the building have been poured. They are still looking at a March 28 completion date. The March 28 completion date has caused some problems because they will have to extend the contract an additional 4 months so they will have to negotiate these changes. They are entering into discussion with ICE for 50 or 70 beds but there is a definite interest in housing inmates here. He has also been contacted by Lancaster County regarding housing inmates. He also stated that the local Masons have contacted him regarding a corner stone ceremony. The staffing for the new facility is a big issue and they hope to start hiring in January. He will be sending some officers for leadership training and will send others for additional training in the future. They will be meeting with DLR today and have a progress meeting with the sub contractors this afternoon. The jail is at 120 to 130 inmates and recently they processed 50 inmates in a 24 hour period. He does not see the average going down and in 6 months to a year estimates' the daily average will be 180. He would like to be able to contract out 100 beds. His staffing levels have remained stable because with a hiring list they can hire quickly. He stated that the staff is doing well and he is pleased with what it going on.