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Thursday, April 11, 1985 The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, met in Special Session at.the County Commission Chambers, 1840 25th Street, Vero Beach, Florida, on Thursday, April 11, 1985, at 10:00 o'clock A.M. Present were Patrick B. Lyons, Chairman; Don C. Scurlock, Jr., Vice Chairman; Richard N. Bird; Margaret C. Bowman; and William C. Wodtke, Jr. Also present were Michael J. Wright, County Administrator; Gary Brandenburg, Attorney to the Board of County Commissioners; and Virginia Hargreaves, Deputy Clerk. The Chairman called the meeting to order and announced that it was called to hear a presentation re overcrowding at the County Jail and determine possible alternatives. General Services Director "Sonny" Dean informed the Board that on the 3rd of April we were cited by the Department of Corrections for overcrowding at our jail and given a time period to comply. He, therefore, requested Douglas Wright of the Department of Corrections to come down and address the Commission, advise us of what we could expect, and discuss remedies other counties in the same situation have used. Mr. Wright, D.O.C. Jail Inspector, reported that he has inspected the Indian River County jail on two occasions, plus visiting it on different occasions where inmates have made written complaints, and he has found the County jail to be administratively and procedurally efficient and functioning well under the leadership of Director Dean, Administrator Wright, and Captain Baird. He felt the County does have a good staff, and noted that the recently approved addition of seven people to the staff prevented an aggravated violation from occurring. Mr. Wright stated that the deficiencies in his most recent report relate to structural and overcrowding, and while he is aware the County is in the construction phase of a new facility, if the APR 111985 BOOL( 161 OF