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HALL COUNTY BOARD OF CORRECTIONS MEETING MAY 11, 2010 ROLL CALL VOTE — Amold made a motion and Lancaster seconded to go into a Board of Corrections meeting. Present on roll call were, Scott Arnold, Bud Jeffries, Pamela Lancaster, Daniel Purdy, Robert Rye, Gary Quandt and Daniel Wagoner. Also present was Fred Ruiz Corrections Director, Holly Plejdrup, Administrative Assistant, County Attorney Jack Zitterkopf and Board Assistant Stacey Ruzicka. CALL TO ORDER - The meeting was called to order by Chairman Bud Jeffries. MINUTES — Lancaster made a motion and Quandt seconded to approve the minutes of the March 2, 2010 meeting. Arnold, Jeffries, Lancaster, Purdy, Quandt, 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. CORRECTIONS DIRECTORS REPORT — Corrections Director Fred Ruiz stated that the corrections steering committee has been looking at the interlocal agreement with the city regarding the ambulance services. This agreement was signed with the city in 2003 and again in 2008 and is a 5 year agreement. One stipulation in the agreement was that the fees to the county were to be at no cost until they reached $12,000.00. A single ambulance run is about $700.00 to $900.00. They have reviewed the numbers and to date it appears that they have not exceeded the $12,000.00 but they seem to be off $1,300.00 to $1,400.00 dollars but they do not have any invoices. There may be situations where the state patrol may pick some one up and bring them to jail and if the county is billed that bill would be sent to the state patrol . The county should receive some money back. He recently was contacted by Cindy Johnson regarding the city wide cleanup for the state fair. They hope to use inmates to help with the clean up of the 2 islands on the highway. He noted that within the last month the number of the ice detainees has gone up and also the number of the local inmates has also gone up. They are busy. They also helped with the election. This past week was "Correctional Officers week" and Aramark provided snacks for the staff. They are working on the heating and cooling system at the corrections department it is a closed system and needs to be flushed out. He provided information on the revenue and by the end of the year should be right at 2.7 million dollars. He did not think their numbers would get to 250 but they actually broke the 260 mark. He asked if the board members had any questions. Quandt questioned if a prisoner is brought in for booking are they ever refused. Mr. Ruiz stated that if they are not fit for confinement that may happen and this could generally be due to a medical or mental issue. Mr. Quandt also asked if an inmate has phones or lighters what happens and Mr. Ruiz stated that they retain that personal property. Arnold noted that the number of the ICE detainees drops off at the first of the year because they return to Mexico. They are cutting back on the transportation costs and are trying to increase the numbers before making the trips. 1