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HALL COUNTY BOARD OF CORRECTIONS MEETING AUGUST 2, 2011 11:30 a.m. Arnold made a motion Purdy seconded to go into a Board of Corrections meeting Present on roll call were Scott Arnold, Pamela Lancaster, Daniel Purdy, Gary Quandt, Steven Schuppan and David Ziola. Bud Jeffries was absent. 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 Vice Chairman Pamela Lancaster. NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING LAW — Vice Chairman Lancaster read the notice of the open meeting law. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - Vice Chairman Lancaster called for public participation and no one responded. MINUTES — Quandt made a motion and Arnold seconded to place on file the minutes of the July 5, 2011 meeting. Arnold, Lancaster, Purdy, Quandt, Schuppan and Ziola all voted yes and none voted no with Jeffries absent. Motion carried. CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR'S REPORT -- Fred Ruiz stated that the committee met yesterday. Discussion was held and the Board of Corrections meetings will be held immediately after the Board of Equalization meetings in the future. They are going through the second ICE audit and the facility did well and they are in compliance. At the committee meeting they discussed the current hiring practice that they are following. They had been hiring as needed and training as needed but that is hard to keep going and they would like to try hiring on a quarterly basis. If it is done on a quarterly basis it should not have such a big impact on the budget. They have had problems keep the last hired but that group is getting smaller because employees are staying longer. They no longer have a cleaning contract because they are using the inmates to do the cleaning and they are doing a good job. They have been doing their own cleaning in the administrative offices. Quandt stated that Region III may offer some training that they could participate in. Mr. Ruiz stated that they will take advantage of training that is available. He noted that they have only had 2 EPCs so those number are going down. EXECUTIVE SESSION — Quandt made a motion and Ziola seconded to go into executive session regarding personnel. This executive session is to prevent needles harm or injury to an individual. Arnold, Lancaster, Purdy, Quandt, Schuppan and Ziola all voted yes and none voted no with Jeffries absent. Motion carried. 11:45 a.m. executive session I