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TO: The Board of County Commissioners FROM: P.atri B. Lyons Vic hairman DATE: March 20, 1984 SUBJECT: REFERENCES: sea S6 PMCE497 FILE: When the team from Frizzell Architects met with the Board of County Commissioners two weeks ago, questions concerning staffing levels of the facility were brought up by Commission members. To satisfy these questions I traveled to Tallahassee along with County Administrator Michael Wright and Jail Admini- strator Bill Baird to meet with the Department of Corrections officials. As a result of our conversation and a preliminary review of the plans by the Department of Correction administrators, it was brought to our attention that additional staffing of eight (8) to twelve (12) persons would be necessary to man the jail. This is in addition to the proposed staffing level of fifty- four (54) employees. Believing this would be unacceptable to the Commission, a meeting was held with George Bail of Frizzell Architects. Con- cerns about the apparent increased staffing levels were discussed and the architects were requested to reconsider the design and see if a more staff efficient facility could be built that still would meet our construction budget. As a result of this meeting, I am requesting a joint meet- ing of the Board of County Commissioners and Jail Committee to be held March 29, 1984 at 10:00.a.m. Secondly, I am formally asking the Board of County Commissioners to suspend work on the current jail plan until our differences can be resolved. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Lyons, SECONDED by Commissioner Bird, to rescind authorization for Frizzell Architects to proceed with the recently approved Jail design and the next phase of their work. Chairman Scurlock noted that he has withheld signature from any document that would authorize their moving ahead and felt possibly there should be some Motion to direct him. 52 r