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103 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETiNG A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Friday, December 16, 1994 AT 9:00 a.m. in the County Office Building, Rooms 5/6. THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: Meeting with Albemarle County Board of Supervisors re: Jail Issues BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR BY Jeanne Cox (signed) ALBEMARLE COUNTY OFFICE BI~LDING - December 16, 1994 Council met in special session on this date with the following members present: Ms. Daugherty, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Toscano, Mr. Vandever. Absent: Rev. Edwards. Mr. Mitchell Neuman, Chairman of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Jail Board, explained that the meeting is being held to provide the Council and Board of Supervisors 'with information to enable them to make an informed decision about: 1) whether to support the Jail Board's expansion plans; and 2) if so, is establishing a Jail Authority the best way to fund the expansion. Mr. Neuman stated that an Authority would allow both governmental bodies to retain control by allowing them to approve major projects before they are implemented. Mr. Neuman stated that if support exists for an Authority, the decision should be made by February 1, 1995. Mr. Neuman stated that the funding request for the $15.4 million total project, $7.7 million of which would be state funding, has been approved by the Department of Corrections. If approved by the localities and the General Assembly, bonds would be issued for the entire $15.4 rcfillion and the state would reimburse the localities. Mr. Ed Powell, the consultant who conducted the needs assessment for the Jail Board, stated that the Jail Board developed a community based corrections plan which was approved by the state, after which a planning study was completed. The study looked at the arrest records and inmate population for locally responsible inmates, state responsible iranates who are housed for brief periods of time, and federal prisoners who are outside the scope of the corrections plan, and forecast that in the year 2003 there would be 367 local and state inmates needing to be housed at the Joint Security Complex. As a result of this forecast, Mr. Powell recommended that the Complex be expanded to house 440 total beds. Mr. Powell stated that he believes that the forecast is reasonable in light of the increase in the inmate population seen between 1983 and 1993 and with the state's system of less parole. Ms. Slaughter asked what would prevent an explosion of state prisoners who would stay in the local jail longer than the 60-90 days the localities are required to keep them if new state facilities are not constructed in time to prevent this from occurring. Mr. Powell stated that new legislation removes the discretion formerly given to the Director of Corrections that allowed the Director to make a decision to keep state prisoners longer periods of time in local jails, unless the Governor declares an emergency. Mr. Powell noted that the localities may need to go to court to force the state to house the state prisoners after the 60-90 day period if the state does not move them voluntarily. Mr. Toscano asked whether the needs assessment did a breakdown ofx4olent versus non-violent prisoners, and Mr. Powell replied that was not done in the assessment, though one coUld assume that sentences of two years or less represent non-violent offenses. Mr. Toscano stated that he would like more information on violent versus non-violent prisoners forecast since it may a difference in the number of beds needed if there are alternatives to incarceration for non-violent prisoners. Mr. Toscano expressed an interest in assessing needs for juvenile offenders. Mr. Powell explained that state law, requires that juveniles be separated from adults and a separate facility would probably need to be constructed for juveniles.