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Fr­ <br />MAR 7 1984 56 PAcE359 <br />needed. It was further pointed out that if the D.O.C. did <br />enforce-their staffing requirements, only 46 inmates could <br />be housed in the existing jail. In addition to <br />insufficient staffing, we are not offering all the programs <br />required by the D.O.C. <br />The Board continued to discuss staffing requirements, <br />the need for single cells which are more expensive, etc., <br />and the Sheriff reemphasized that his main concern was the <br />dormitory quarters. <br />Commissioner Lyons recommended that we go ahead and <br />ff11 in the add-on triangles to provide the extra beds, and <br />Mr. Rappe reported that the addition would work out to a <br />cost of about $10,000 per bed. He doubted you would ever be <br />able to get those extra beds as cheaply. <br />Further discussion ensued as to the total cost we are <br />facing, including site work costs, staffing requirements, <br />the additional beds, parking, etc. <br />In regard to comparing the cost per bed with that of <br />facilities in other counties, Administrator Wright noted <br />that St. Lucie County is talking $40,000 per bed because <br />they are including all costs, including site improvement, <br />equipment, etc., and Ocala is talking $25,000 per bed <br />because they do not include all of these costs. We are <br />estimating $26,000 per bed construction cost - not project <br />cost, and if we add the alternate, it would be $23,800 per <br />bed construction cost. <br />Mr. Rappe believed that after comparing jails all over <br />the country, it generally works out to a cost of about <br />$120/sq. ft. to build a secure area. <br />Discussion then ensued as to funding alternatives, and <br />Administrator Wright noted that in putting this all <br />together, he has tried to keep the costs down to where we <br />could pay for the jail facility without going into debt for <br />74 <br />