Ounty of Iskiyou Board of Supervisors

Recommendations 6

• R2

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  The BOS, in conjunction with the Sheriff, should identify and decide on a plan for funding the operational costs for Charlie Byrd correctional facility as a branch jail facility by January 2025. This may entail new grants, new taxes and/or shifts in funding from other priorities. - BOS response: The Board fully disagrees, and the County will not pursue this recommendation. The County does not have the funding available to modify, operate, maintain, or sustain a new, relocated, or additional correctional facility. In 2020, it was determined that the cost to operate a new jail would increase the Sheriff’s budget by approximately $960,000 annually and would increase Public Health’s budget by approximately $267,000 annually to provide inmate care. In addition, the County was required to provide in-kind and cash match to the grant and to fund required modifications to the Charlie Byrd facility, which totaled more than $3 million. These figures do not address rising labor or supply costs since 2020, nor do they include rising costs or potential additional requirements associated with modifying the Charlie Byrd facility. After the County was awarded grant funding to construct a correctional facility, it explored options to fund its ongoing operation. The County sought two ballot measures to increase local sales tax to cover the funding gap and Siskiyou County voters rejected both measures. The County has exhausted every option available, and all options were deemed cost-prohibitive or infeasible to pursue. The County will continue to explore options to modify, operate, maintain or sustain a new, relocated, or additional correctional facility as potential opportunities become available. Grand Jury
• R3

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  Utilize the Charlie Byrd correctional facility as a branch of the County jail operated by the Sheriff by July 2025. - BOS response: The Board fully disagrees, and the County will not pursue this recommendation. The County does not have the funding available to operate, maintain, or sustain a new, relocated, or additional correctional facility. Grand Jury
• R4

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  The County should have the Charlie Byrd facility recertified by June 2025. - BOS response: The Board fully disagrees, and the County will not pursue this recommendation. The County does not have the funding available to operate, maintain, or sustain a new, relocated, or additional correctional facility. For the reasons listed above in R2, it is unreasonable and unwarranted to recertify the Charlie Byrd facility as a correctional facility. Grand Jury
• R5

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  By December 2024, the Board of Supervisors should act to remove the building modifications at the Charlie correctional facility to have it returned to its original design build. - BOS response: The Board fully disagrees, and the County will not pursue this recommendation. The County does not have the funding available to operate, maintain, or sustain a new, relocated, or additional correctional facility. Grand Jury
• R6

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  Relocate the Probation Department out of the Charlie Byrd correctional facility by March 2025. - BOS response: The Board fully disagrees, and the County will not pursue this recommendation. Grand Jury
• R7

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  Develop a policy and procedure by January 2025 whereby General Services work gets building department review and inspections on projects involving occupancy changes, significant structural changes, electrical work, plumbing and any changes that compromise fire sprinkler coverage. - BOS response: The Board fully disagrees, and the County will not pursue this recommendation. Any County work is completed in adherence to any requirements associated with a project. This concludes the