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OCT 2 019-8Z <br />Fletcher voting i=t oppo:si.tiow and Commissioner <br />Bird being absent. <br />REPORT BY JOHN ASHCRAFT, COMMU'_;ITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER <br />Mr. Ashcraft, Executive D`.rector of the Indian River <br />Community Health Center, inforned the Board that they have a <br />crisis in in-patient conditions; the State Hospital does not <br />have enough beds; as a repercussion from that situation, the.- <br />-Center does not have enough beds; and most importantly, this <br />problem is impacting law enforcement. When law enforcement <br />officers bring patients in as a result of a court order, <br />they are unable to find beds fcr them even after calling <br />around the state, and sometimes the officer will have to <br />bring the patient back to where he came from. It is a very <br />serious situation; it wastes the officer's valuable time, <br />and the Sheriffs and the Judges are unhappy. Mr. Ashcraft <br />suggested as a possible solution, that the four counties get <br />their Sheriffs together to consider pooling funds to put <br />together a small transportation system which the Health <br />Center could operate; he believed it would save everyone a <br />lot of money. <br />Chairman Scurlock noted that, in other words, it would <br />be a joint effort of the counties to purchase some <br />transportation and get this burden off the law enforcement <br />officers. He felt we should have the Administrator generate <br />some facts on this and contact other counties. The Board <br />agreed. <br />COUNTY JAIL IMPROVEMENTS - ELECTRICAL WORK <br />The Board reviewed the following memo from the Public <br />Works Director: <br />92 <br />