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BOARD OF CORRECTIONS MEETING NOVEMBER 8, 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, Bob McFarland, Daniel Purdy, Gary Quandt, Steven Schuppan and David Ziola. . 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. MINUTES — Ziola made a motion and Quandt seconded to place on file the minutes of the October 25, 2011 meeting. Arnold, Lancaster, McFarland, Purdy, Quandt, Schuppan and Ziola all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR'S REPORT — Fred Ruiz stated that they benefit from the United Way programs and appreciates the services they provided. He stated that the staffing levels are down he has 2 gone 2 on FMLA and 1 recently resigned. He also noted that the inmate levels are down and are now at 189 but it was up to 200 again and this is even low. He stated they did receive a check from St Francis for $34,000.00 on some medical issues. Holly caught that they did not charge the Medicaid rate so there was a refund. He stated that the finger printing equipment is installed and working and there has been an increase in the number of prints that they do. He also stated that there have been problems for the last 2 months on the network and some software problems and this is an issue for them because they are able to get by with Tess staff by using technology. EXECUTIVE SESSION PERSONNEL — Quandt made motion and Ziola seconded to go into executive session. This executive session is to protect needless injury to an individual. Arnold, Lancaster, McFarland, Purdy, Quandt, Schuppan and Ziola all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 11:37 executive session