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reached the limit of his elasticity in the matter, and he is about ready to go back and have an agonizing reappraisal. Knowing what we all know about jails and looking at the constraints that the County has and the spirit of cooperation that exists with the Sheriff's Department Commissioner Lyons stated that he is ready to tell the architects that we are not going to exceed $8 -million in the building of the jail; whatever we do will have to be accomplished within that amount. He felt that we can set up some alternatives that will get us through the first phase and then look at it again in another 5 years. - Commissioner Lyons wished to accomplish two things: 1) Provide sufficient jail cell capacity in one location, and:, 2) Set up efficient intake and administrative space as far as the jail is concerned. -He continued that his recommended $8 -million figure would include contingencies, and reported that he will be meeting with the architects in the first week of January. In the meantime, Capt. Bill Baird and Jim Davis areconsidering revisions to the plans. Commissioner Lyons reported that there is a possibility of using prefabricated portions for part of the jail, and noted that juvenile and women's quarters have different requirements than the men's quarters. He felt confident that the Sheriff is pretty much in agreement and will do everything necessary to make this work. Administrator Wright suggested the financial alternative of using a sales tax, but cautioned that it has to be moved on during the next 10 days. Commissioner Lyons said that whatever financial alternative they come up with would be fine with him, as he will be out of state during the next meeting. Administrator Wright stressed that we must determine the cost of the jail before we can determine the financing. 52 DEC 211983 Fnr 5,5E702.1