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(03039 6 EXECUTIVE SESSION HALL COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDERS ORGANIZATION UNION NEGOTIATONS - Jeffries made a motion and Arnold seconded to go into executive session regarding union negotiations. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Rye all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 9:07 a.m. executive session for public defender negotiations 9:16 a.m. Hartman made a motion and Humiston seconded to go out of executive session. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Rye all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 7 DISCUSS AND SET DATES FOR OUT FOR STATE JAIL TOURS - Arnold stated that he has additional dates for the possible jail tours for February 21st and 28th. For the facilities in Kansas it was suggested to leave on Thursday and use the full day Friday to tour the facilities. Discussion was held on the distance between the locations. Jeffries suggested splitting the groups and go at two different times. Dave Arnold stated he talked to DLR and there are other county facilities the board could look at and they suggested a county facility in Pottawattamie County Iowa. February 21 st tour to the two Kansas facilities, Humiston, Eriksen, Lancaster and Arnold will attend. February 28th the board will tour the county facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa, all seven board members stated that they would be able to attend the tour on February 28th. This will be advertised as a work-study session. Dave Arnold will provide information packets for this tour. 8 PRESENTATION OF RFP DEVELOPED BY KUTAK ROCK FOR COUNTY JAIL County Attorney Jerry Janulewicz was present and stated that the attorney's from Kutak Rock could not be present. The scope requests the development of a 200-bed center for male and female inmates. It requests additional operational payments to fund additional beds. It asks for a proposed method of designing, building and equipping the Center and also requests the option of a private operator by leasing or an operating agreement. The board needs to address the site issue and if the board wants to consider a different site they need to address this. Janulewicz stated that he talked to Denny McCumber Director of Jail Standards and he indicated that there is nothing in jail standards that addresses the location of railroad tracts next to a correctional facility because it would be rare that there would be a train derailment in the city limits. Arnold suggested changing the first sentence to a possible site for the jail and then in the next paragraph addresses an alternate site. Eriksen stated that he agreed with Scott on the site issue and would like to leave it open so they could look at all of the options that are available. Arnold also questioned the number of beds that the county would need. 2