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HALL COUNTY BOARD OF CORRECTIONS MEETING SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 The Hall County Board of Corrections met from general session and by published call. 10:00 a.m. Arnold made the motion and Jeffries 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 Arnold seconded to place on file the minutes of the July 7, 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. CORRECTIONS DIRECTORS REPORT — Mr. Ruiz stated that an audit of the department was preformed and the corrections department passed completely. The kitchen, medical, and the policy and procedures were audited. The policies and procedures are enforced by the staff. The number of inmates has been up to 250 to 260 and has been holding at 235 to 250. The ICE detainee numbers are also up. They were averaging 86 in July and 108 for August but now it is at 95 to 100. The revenue submitted for July was $399,822.92 this was for 2 months, but he has billed out closer to $600,000.00 this includes the billing for ICE. He billed other counties about $14,000.00. They turned over $6,500.00 for the fees for phone cards. The audit is important to the department in order to stay ahead of the curve they want a safe environment. At this time there is only one accredited corrections facility in the state they are not ready for accreditation yet but he intends to reach that goal. The grand jury issued two recommendations and they are working through those issues once they have finished they will review it with the committee. Advanced Medical provides health care supplies for the department and they also have a purchasing program for medical supplies and office supplies that offers lower costs. These purchases would not be restricted to just the corrections department but to the entire county. They even offer paper, but it would also impact the local merchants but they would like to look into this proposal. 1