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HALL COUNTY BOARD OF CORRECTIONS MEETING JULY 7, 2009 The Hall County Board of Corrections met from general session and by published call. 10:00 a.m. Jeffries made the motion and Quandt seconded to go into the Board of Corrections. Members present on roll call vote were Scott Arnold, Bud Jeffries, Pamela Lancaster, Daniel Purdy, and Gary Quandt. Bob Rye and Daniel Wagoner. Also present was Corrections Director Fred Ruiz. OPEN MEETING LAW -- Chairwoman Lancaster read the notice of the open meeting law. MINUTES OF MEETING — Jeffries made a motion and Quandt seconded to place on file the minutes of the January 6, 2009 meeting. Arnold, Jeffries, Lancaster, Purdy, Quandt, Rye and Wagoner, all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION — Chairperson Lancaster called for public participation and no one responded. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE HALL COUNTY BOARD OF CORRECTIONS AND UFCW LOCAL 22 FOR 2009 TO 2011 — County Attorney Mark Young was present he thanked Lancaster and Jeffries for working on the contract and negotiations. An agreement has been reached and the wagers are set forth on attachment A. The health insurance co pay rate for family is 22% and the health insurance co pay rate for single is 5 %. There was a change on the grievance procedures. Jeffries made a motion and Purdy seconded to approve the 2009 to 2011 UFCW union agreement for the corrections department. Arnold, Jeffries, Lancaster, Purdy, Quandt and Rye all voted yes and Wagoner voted no. Motion carried. CORRECTIONS DIRECTORS REPORT — Corrections Director Fred Ruiz stated that He appreciated the work that was done on the contract. They are now using the new medical vendor Advanced Corrections. There is more paperwork but they are more organized. It is different but good. They are also working on an amendment to the new janitorial contract. He stated that the National Commission on correctional Health Care sets the standards for correctional facilities and they will be holding a conference in Seattle. Odel Peraz has started working and her fees will be paid out of the inmate welfare fund. They are also working with the Central District Health Department on the TB testing. The NCCHC states that inmate should be tested for TB in 14 days. They also discussed this issue with Advanced Corrections and they quoted $2.45 per inmate for the testing. They hope to get this started and continue to work with the health department to take over and continue the treatment. These fees will come out of the inmate welfare fund.