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HALL COUNTY BOARD OF CORRECTIONS MEETING NOVEMBER 9, 2010 ROLL CALL VOTE — Quandt made a motion and Amold 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, County Attorney Jack Zitterkopf and Board Assistant Stacey Ruzicka. CALL TO ORDER - The meeting was called to order by Chairman Bud Jeffries. NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING LAW - Chairman Jeffries read the notice of the open meeting law. MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 14 MEETING -- Quandt made a motion and Arnold seconded to place on file the minutes -- Arnold, Jeffries, Lancaster, Purdy, Quandt, Rye and Wagoner all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. CORRECTION DIRECTOR'S REPORT - Corrections Director Fred Ruiz provided the board members with information regarding the federal inmate housing they have received $735,808,049.00 plus $194,000.00 for October with a total of $929,888,096.00 so it is just under a million dollars. They now have some historical data. The SCAP program for the foreign born inmates is down a little. They also had a federal audit because of the contract. He expressed concern on the ICE audit they were rated acceptable and he takes exception with that score and wants to be above that rating. He noted that historically January and February the ICE numbers will be lower. He stated that the committee met regarding the plumbing problem but that has not been addressed yet because of the audit. The Swanson Company had offered $6,000.00 to do some wiring for the kiosks and he wants to go forward with this project. He stated that the staffing is consistent they have about 1 turn over a month but Hall County is a good employer and provide good benefits. He stated that they appreciated the employee recognition there was enough food for the night shift also. Jail Standards was here last week and it went well. He also stated that the video court is doing well they still use the holding facility but video court is taking over. He expressed concern on the issue of early releases when that happens they are going to violate and they will be back in a facility. He is in charge of keeping the jail and making some money so these inmates returning will add to the numbers and we will have to provide more programs. There are some weekends when there are 24 over nighters. Lancaster expressed concern that the state will not reimburse the county for the repeat offenders it will be another unfunded mandate. Mr. Ruiz stated that he would like to look at electronic monitoring technology that will track an inmate by satellite.