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a. Receive a report on additional staffing needs to prepare for the opening of additional Jail housing units in August 2019;
b. Support to add nine (9) Deputy Sheriff-Corrections positions effective March 1, 2019 in the Sheriff's Office Budget Unit, 001-2300-SHE003-8238; and
c. Provide staff direction on the preferred funding solution as described in the financing section.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors' Budget Committee:
a. Receive a report on additional staffing needs to prepare for the opening of additional Jail housing units in August 2019;
b. Support to add nine (9) Deputy Sheriff-Corrections positions effective March 1, 2019 in the Sheriff's Office Budget Unit, 001-2300-SHE003-8238; and
c. Provide staff direction on the preferred funding solution as described in the financing section.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On December 6, 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved resolution # 11-377 authorizing the Monterey County Sheriff to sign and submit an application for a local jail facility construction grant from AB 900 phase II in the amount of $80 million. The Corrections Standards Authority (now Board of State and Community Corrections - BSCC) approved a 576-bed housing addition project at the meeting of September 12, 2013. In December of 2015, the Board of Supervisors approved the working drawings for the housing addition project and authorized the plans be submitted to BSCC. The appropriate state agencies approved final designs and inspections in early 2017. Construction began in the summer of 2017 and is scheduled to be completed in August of 2019.
One of the requirements for the AB900 II project is the completion of an operating cost analysis and staffing plan. The operating cost analysis and staffing plan requirements are defined as follows:
"Operating cost analysis" means a 30-year analysis of anticipated operating costs (e.g. staff salary/benefits, transition team costs, utilities and maintenance) and...
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