BUILDING, GROUNDS AND JAIL COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
A regular meeting of the Chippewa County
Board of Commissioners’ Building, Grounds and Jail Committee was held on
MEMBERS PRESENT: Richard Timmer and Earl Kay
MEMBERS
ABSENT: Ted Postula
OTHERS
PRESENT: Chuck
Leonhardt and Kelly Beaune, Recorder
Additions / Deletions to the Agenda
Commissioner Timmer called for additions or deletions to the agenda.
It was moved by Commissioner Timmer,
supported by Commissioner Kay, to approve the agenda as presented. On a voice vote, the motion was CARRIED.
Public Comments
Commissioner Timmer called for pubic
comments. No public comments were
offered.
Agenda Items: Jail Expansion
Per Board of
Commissioners request, answers regarding the debt service, maintenance fund and
additional borrowed monies for a potential jail expansion (56 beds), as well
as, ballot language were discussed. Bond
counsel Joel Piell of Miller Canfield was contacted and asked the following
questions: 1) Can the County use debt service cash? 2) Can the County borrow
from the General Fund or the DTRF? 3) Can the County use Maintenance fund cash? The answers from Mr. Piell were all yes, and
gave the County specific options that were previously discuss by a workshop
committee. The Committee further
discussed increased expenses including six full time equivalents with benefits
for five of those positions; increased utilities, prison board and doctor
fees. The Committee discussed additional
short term contracts for other counties to increase revenue with a need to
break even with the expansion. The County
would need to house 28 beds with federal prisoners, for the potential expansion
to breakeven. The Committee discussed
other UP Counties that are looking to expand but don’t have the funding
available.
It was moved by Commissioner Timmer,
supported by Commissioner Kay, to proceed with the proposed jail expansion. On
a voice vote, the motion was CARRIED.
Committee and Chairperson’s Comments
No additional comments were
offered.
Adjourn
It
was moved by Commissioner Timmer, seconded by Commissioner Kay, to adjourn the
meeting. On a voice vote, the motion was
CARRIED.
Chairman Kay declared the meeting adjourned
at
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Kelly
J. Beaune, Recorder Richard Timmer, Committee Member