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SUGGESTED MOTION (DEVELOPED BY COMMISSIONER WAGNER) Move to adopt the following responses to the consultant's recommendations: 1. Sheriff Rudnick has elected to be in charge of the jail administration and will remain so for the duration of the 60-day leave, which expires December 24th. If the Sheriff so chooses, he may use interim jail administrator, Jim Thoreson, for assistance during the next four weeks. 2. Sheriff Rudnick must act immediately to resolve any backlog of inmate grievances and provide a written response to the Commissioners in one week. 3. Sheriff Rudnick must act to set up an internal staff committee to meet monthly with the jail administrator to work out inconsistencies between shifts and individual officers. A report of the committee members should be submitted to the Commission in one week. 4. Sheriff Rudnick and the County Coordinator completed the maintenance protocol issues at the November 4, 2002 Commission meeting. The Sheriff, however, should develop a protocol for reporting the on-going vandalism incidents to the County Coordinator for insurance purposes. This protocol should be submitted to the board within '10 days. 5. Sheriff Rudnick and State's Attorney Bimh Burdick should meet as soon es possible to address concerns about prosecution, jail time and restitution for those inmates who commit vandalism in the jail and provide a report back to the County Commission within 10 days. 6. The County Board will ask for design/retrofit assistance with the corrections consultant, Kimme & Associates, to modify the cells that will be used for disciplinary detention and advise the Board how any changes can be made. The suspect shelves in the disciplinary detention area had already been removed before the consultant's visit. 7. The recommendation on door malfunctions has been corrected by Chief Industries. 8. The Board has already accelerated the hiring of Pod E officers from January, 2003 to October, 2002. 9. Sheriff Rudnick should develop an 8-hour shift schedule and a mixed shift schedule, as outlined by the consultant, for the board's review in one week. 10. Sheriff Rudnick should compile a repor~ for the board on training resources utilized in FY 200'1 and FY 2002. Further, the sheriff should establish a prioritized training list based on the FY 2003 training resoumes allocated. Both reports should be provided to the board within ten days. K:\BJ~JAILRESPONSE11-18-2002.doc