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the County Jail will provide routine sick call and examination upon intake so that the jail population is not contaminated by new inmates. The mini -jail in the booking area will hold those people until it is determined that they will be committed to the jail. Summarizing, Mr. Pinkerton stated that the County Jail has the basic medical provisions and he thought that the County would have a physician who would be willing to come in for minor, routine out-patient care. Frizzell Architects is recommending that the County not provide in-patient care, but it must be covered in some way such as an agreement with hospital or some general policy statement. County Administrator Wright reported that in discussing this with the architects, the feeling was that a medical facility should not be provided in the jail. Ray Stroud, Principal Architect, presented the outline specifications and isometric drawings of the facility. Administrator. Wright advised that the County is trying to do as much of the engineering inhouse as possible. Hogar Schmitt presented the mechanical and engineering drawings for the sprinkler, heating, ventilating and electrical systems. Commissioner Wodtke questioned the TV sets in the Day Rooms, and Administrator Wright stated the TV sets would be paid for out of the inmate commissary funds; no County tax money would be used. Mr. Pinkerton explained that you have to offer the prisoners something or there is no other way to control them except by brute force. This way, they can be penalized by taking away their TV privileges. The TV helps keep the prisoners quiet and out of trouble. Attorney Brandenburg asked if the architects would include a requirement in the specifications that the General Contractor will submit a CPM (Critical Path Method, computer 46 AUG 8 1984 BOQF 5)7 CwjF. 33