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HALL COUNTY BOARD OF CORRECTIONS MEETING MAY 13, 2008 The Hall County Board of Corrections met from general session and by published call. 10:00 a.m. Lancaster made the motion and Arnold seconded to go into the Board of Corrections. Arnold, Eriksen, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster, Rye and Wagoner, all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. ROLL CALL - Members present were Scott Arnold, Jim Eriksen, Bob Humiston, Bud Jeffries, Pamela Lancaster, Bob Rye, and Daniel Wagoner. Also present was Corrections Director Fred Ruiz. MINUTES OF MEETING — Rye made a motion and Lancaster seconded to place on file the minutes of the March 4, 2008 meeting. Arnold, Eriksen, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster, Rye and Wagoner, all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING LAW — Chairman Jeffries read the notice of the open meeting law. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION — Chairman Jeffries called for public participation and no one responded. CORRECTIONS DIRECTORS REPORT — Corrections Director Fred Ruiz stated that they have at the new corrections facility and the officers have been doing inspections of each room. They need to move in. They have conducted tours for the local Sheriffs Department and have talked to Dodge County and Sarpy County and the Us Marshall Service. They will be coming on Friday to do a jail inspection. The staff is in the third week of training. They are trained in the food service, medication services, inmate transport and the video arraignments. They had ordered the transport vans in January but the Chevrolet dealer ships could not get the van that they wanted but they have the vans now. They have been working on the grounds around the facility. They have also advertised for the part time receptionist position and hope to be interviewing at the end of the month. Mr. Ruiz reported that they have been working with Justice Benefits for the reimbursement for foreign born inmates and they submitted a lengthily list and hope to receive some reimbursements. Lancaster stated that the corrections department has been conducting public tours of the new facility. It is a working building and will be a good working environment. qa ;