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<br /> <br /> <br />Commissioner Davis felt the County can continue to look at other options and at <br />the same time move along with the expansion project. <br /> <br />Sheriff Roy Raymond commented that when they hired Carter Goble Lee, the <br />consulting firm, the County was not near the current capacity. He stressed that with the growth of <br />the County inmate populations will also grow and the expansion project is something the County <br />needs to move forward on. <br /> <br />Commissioner Wheeler’s MOTION DIED for lack of a <br />SECOND. <br /> <br />MOTION was made by Vice Chairman Neuberger, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Davis to accept staff’s <br />recommendation. <br /> <br />Bill McMullen <br />Captain explained that the Sheriff’s Department keep inmates in <br />the County Jail based on how they are sentenced. The Sheriff’s Department does not sentence the <br />criminal; that is up to the judicial branch. <br /> <br />Chairman Lowther commented the Jail is inferior compared to the jails that are <br />being built now and the longer this is delayed, the higher the price will be. <br /> <br />Commissioner Davis referred to the Indian River County Fairgrounds as an <br />example of County property not being used for its original purpose. He felt it looks like poor <br />planning to the community. <br /> <br />Sheriff Roy Raymond pointed out that if the Jail should have additional beds not <br />being utilized, the Department will go out and seek additional income through housing out-of- <br />May 17, 2005 27 <br /> <br />