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Commissioner Lowther wondered if the projections on the numbers of prisoners is <br />enough and whether projected funding would cover the costs. <br />Sheriff Raymond responded that the consultant is the expert and their projection is <br />out to 2025. Also, he suggested the facility could be increased by double bunking. We can <br />save money by doing a population management program in-house. We will also be able to <br />save by using Falkenburg=s architectural drawings to a certain extent. <br />Chairman Macht pointed out that some of our prisoners have not yet been <br />adjudicated so their risk would not have been established. He noted that we also have the <br />necessary real estate. <br />Frank Coffey displayed information he had calculated as to prisoner population <br />averages from the information the Sheriff=s office submitted (copy on file with the backup <br />in the Office of the Clerk to the Board). He pointed out that with or without the Federal <br />prisoners our staffing requirement remains the same. He displayed a graph showing the <br />numbers of local inmates alongside the Federal inmates to show the variance in population. <br />(These graphs were not among the papers that Mr. Coffey submitted for the record.) He <br />discussed previous costs and noted that rising operation costs for the jail are another <br />problem we face. He had looked at the budgets for the jail back to 1999 and found a $1.6 <br />million increase per year. Projected out to FY 2008-09 $52,774,000 is a significant amount <br />for the taxpayers to bear. He had visited both the Ocala and Falkenburg facilities and a <br />combination of the two facilities would be his recommendation. He also presented a chart <br />from the consultant=s presentation and recommended that the Sheriff and staff take a hard <br />look at the numbers and develop a 2-3 year program and begin with improvement of the <br />core area of the jail. <br />In response to Commissioner Lowther=s inquiry about the funds returned by the <br />constitutional officers at the end of each fiscal year, Acting Administrator Baird explained <br />SPECIAL MEETING <br />November 18, 2003 <br />3 <br />