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(01-262 Chairman Hartman called for a motion to approve the liquor license for The Rock and no one responded. Hartman excused himself as the Chair and Vice Chair Lancaster called for a motion to approve the liquor license for The Rock. Hartman made a motion and Humiston seconded to approve the liquor license for Graves Inc. "The Rock." Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Lancaster and Logan all voted yes and none voted no, with Jeffries absent for the vote. Motion carried. 810:05 A.M. BARNEY BISHOP WITH DURANT -INFORMATION ON JAIL SURVEY: Consultant Barney Bishop with Durant, the sub-contractor with RDG, have the completed version of the jail study. They have addressed the inmate population and projections, privatization and the cost per bed for the proposed facility. Mr. Bishop worked with Dave Arnold to develop inmate population projections. They attempted to use historical statistic from 1987 through 1999, but some of the statistics were incomplete and in order to make some sense of the projections they used statistics from 1995 to 1999. In the information provided in the report, they included four proposals and Durant recommended the out of downtown jail with 35 INS inmates with a total of 238 beds expandable to 298 bed and with internal expansion they could add an additional 65 INS inmates with a total of 393 beds. He reviewed the statistics in the report on pages 18 and 19. This building would have space for internal expansion instead of adding square footage to the building and this is a considerable cost savings to the expand internally instead of adding to the building. When the facility is completely filled there could be a total of 393 beds. Based on the county population and 100 beds for INS they recommend a facility that would house 393 beds. The staffing analysis is already done, the facility allows for double bunks so additional staff may not be needed. Mr. Bishop stated that if the county wants to look at privatization, his firm has worked with Cornell and there are several other firms. The County would need to decide if the jail would be privately operated or privately owned and operated. Cornell does a lot of work in Texas and they have a clean record, a 300 to 400 bed jail is marginal for private operation. They usually want bigger facilities to operate as a private jail. Mr. Bishop stated the most important objective in a privatized jail is that the facility must be marketed. If it isn't, it will not turn a profit. Logan stated he heard some comments that the jail should be a bigger facility. Mr. Bishop stated that in Polk County Iowa they expanded to 500 beds and it was a twenty-seven million dollar project but the department of corrections contracted with the Federal Marshall Service and generate three million a year form the contract. But the advantage that Polk County had, was that they have a federal courthouse and there was a definite need in Polk County for beds for the U.S. Marshall Service. Hall County does not have that advantage. Mr. Bishop stated that is not advisable to overbuild if the market is not there. He suggested that Hall County contact a company on the issue of a privatization. Mr. Bishop cited some of the costs per bed for various facilities: · In Dubuque Iowa a warehouse was remodeled to add space at a cost of $20,000.00 per bed, but very little was done to the outside of the building . A vertical expansion to an existing building cost $40,000.00 a bed · In Washington County, Colorado maximum security beds cost $49,000.00 a bed . Phoenix Arizona 2100 bed facility cost $47,000.00 a bed