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Jail Discussion
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Matthews, County Manager's Office, County Manager, 704-292-2597
ACTION REQUESTED:
Receive information from staff.
PRIOR BOARD ACTIONS:
1) December 4, 2023, Regular Meeting, Agenda Item # 23-819 - Approved Construction Manager at Risk Delivery Method
2) August 12, 2024, Regular Meeting, Agenda Item # 24-564 - Approved Design Contract for UC Jail Study
3) February 3, 2025, Regular Meetings, Agenda Item # 25-055 - Received update on Jail Study.
4) February 12, 2025, Work Session, Agenda Item # 25-082 - Received information regarding jail size scenarios and cost estimates.
5) February 18, 2025, Regular Meeting, Agenda Item # 25-095 - Received information regarding population estimates and jail size comparisons.
6) March 3, 2025, Regular Meeting, Agenda Item # 25-113 - Approved Option 2 (500 bed/600 core) to complete the consultant's work for the jail study, which includes operational modeling and staffing costs. Requested the same information for a 400 bed/600 core.
BACKGROUND:
At the request of the Board of County Commissioners, the County began an independent Jail Study to determine bed count and core size recommendations. The County selected Little Diversified Architecture, teamed with Justice Planners and Hemphill Randel Associates, to begin work on a study to determine bed count and core size options. On February 3, 2025, the design team, led by Justice Planners, shared information about the study process, key data used in their analysis, some high-level bed count options and next steps.
During the Board retreat on February 12, 2025, staff presented additional information on high level costing data for several options based on the study data. During the regular meeting of February 18, 2025, staff provided additional information related to county population estimates and other county jail sizes.
On March 3, 2025, the Board approved Option 2 (500 bed/600 core) to complete the consultant's work f...
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