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CASS COU NTY COMMISSION POLICY MANUAL 38.-- SUBJECT: ORDINANCE #2005-_ (CASS COUNTY JAIL ADDITION PROJECT) ADOPTED DATE: AUGUST 1, 2005 Page 1 of 4 CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCING OF AN ADDITION TO THE COUNTY JAIL CASS COUNTY ORDINANCE #2005-_ PURPOSE: It is the purpose of this Ordinance to facilitate the construction and financing of an addition to the Cass County Jail that is currently owned and operated by the County of Cass, North Dakota. It is also the purpose of this ordinance to provide for the construction and financing through a process and manner that is different from and supersedes that provided in North Dakota Century Code 11-11-16 and 11-11-18. DEFINITIONS: Cass County Jail - building located at 450 34th Street South in Fargo built in 2000-2002. Cass County Jail Addition - Proposed addition to the Cass County Jail consisting of two 48-bed pods to be used for prisoner boarding. HISTORY: The Cass County Jail was built over a two-year period starting in 2000 and was financed by a % of 1 percent sales tax authorized by the voters of Cass County. The jail was originally built as a 250-bed facility housing maximum, minimum, and worker release inmates. The jail houses both male and female inmates. The Cass County jail was constructed using a "pod" system where each pod contains one to four housing units, based on inmate classification. The administrative, food service, laundry and mechanical areas of the jail were designed to accommodate up to 550 inmates through the addition of six pods. This proposed addition of two pods is the first addition to the original jail. The % of 1 percent sales tax was intended to provide funds for the first addition; at this time the Jail Fund has approximately $5.2 million dollars.