* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. SO I'M, UM, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK, I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME TODAY. UM, KIND OF A QUICK UPDATE ON ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE JAIL. UM, THEY'RE ALL INCLUDED WITHIN YOUR REPORT, BUT, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME UPDATES. UM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND RUN THROUGH THOSE. UM, FIRST PROJECT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IS UPGRADING OUR TASER PLATFORM FROM THE X 26, UM, PLATFORM TO THE TASER SEVENS. UM, THIS IS, UM, ALONG OVERDUE PROJECT. UM, WE'VE GOT, UM, OUR TASER X 26 IS OUR PAST END OF LIFE. UH, THEY NO LONGER, UH, MANUFACTURE BATTERIES OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THEM. SO, UM, WE'VE DEFINITELY GOT OUR, OUR USE OUT OF THAT PLATFORM, BUT IT, IT'S WELL TIMED TO, UH, MOVE ON. SO THIS PROJECT IS, IS MOVING ALONG WELL AHEAD OF, UM, UH, SCHEDULE. WE RECEIVED OUR FINAL SHIPMENT OF ALL OF OUR INVENTORY, UM, AND EQUIPMENT, UH, MID-DECEMBER. AND SINCE THAT TIME, OUR TRAINERS, UH, OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE UTILIZING THIS PLATFORM ON THE FLOOR. AND, UM, WE HAVE TRAINING SET FOR FEBRUARY 5TH, UM, WHICH WILL TRAIN OUR SRT MEMBERS, WHICH IS OUR SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM MEMBERS, APPROXIMATELY 15 OFFICERS THAT ARE ON THAT TEAM. UM, SO THEY'LL BE TRAINED, UM, IN THE NEXT, UM, TRAINING SESSION. AND THEN LATER ON THIS SPRING IS WHEN WE'RE GONNA DO THE FULL STAFF CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING. UM, AND WE'LL BE GOING, UH, LIVE WITH THAT ONCE WE FULLY SWITCH OVER TO THE TASER. UH, SEVENS. THE X 26 IS OUR REMAINING INVENTORY. WE'LL BE GOING OVER TO [a. Staff Acknowledgment for Deputy Christopher Parkinson] THE COURTHOUSE OFFICERS. THEY'LL BE UTILIZING, UH, OUR, OUR REMAINING BATTERIES AND, AND EQUIPMENT OVER THERE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TASER PROJECT? UM, I HAS A, MY, THE DUE DATE ON IT IS AUGUST 31ST. I'VE, I WILL, WE'LL BE WELL BEFORE THAT, UM, BY SPRING WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL WITH THAT. OKAY. THE NEXT, UH, PROJECT THAT'S LISTED FOR THE JAIL IS THE INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEM PROJECT. UM, THAT IS A VERY, VERY LARGE PROJECT, UH, THAT IS SLATED FOR 2024. UM, WE DID HAVE AN INITIAL MEETING IN DECEMBER WITH SGTS, UM, JUST TO KIND OF LAY THE GROUNDWORK, UM, ON HOW WE'RE GONNA BE TACKLING THIS, UH, PROJECT. UH, IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLICATED, UH, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF HOW INTRUSIVE IT'S GOING TO BE TO OUR OPERATIONS. UM, THIS PROJECT IS REPLACING ALL OF OUR DOOR CONTROLS. UM, AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IN A JAIL, OPENING AND CLOSING DOORS ARE, ARE VERY IMPORTANT, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE SECURE. UM, SO IT'S GONNA BE HANDLING, UH, OR REPLACING ALL OF THOSE ITEMS. UM, IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE, UM, THE PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS, PLCS, UM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT SENDS THE, UH, SIGNALS BACK AND FORTH TO OUR CONTROL AREAS, TO THE DOORS THEMSELVES. UM, REPLACES ALL OF THAT ALONG WITH THE INTERCOM AND PAGING SYSTEM, UH, WHICH IS HOW WE, WE DO A LARGE AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATING THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. UM, CERTAIN CONTROL AREAS COULD BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING, UH, TO CERTAIN, UH, ENTRY DOORS AND THEY CAN COMMUNICATE BACK AND FORTH WITH THO THOSE AREAS, UM, THROUGH THAT INTERCOM SYSTEM. SO, UH, THIS PROJECT, UH, LIKE I SAID, IS, IS SLATED TO BE A 2024 PROJECT. UM, IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY, UH, TAKE ALL YEAR IN ORDER TO GET THIS UP AND RUNNING. UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT SET FOR A, LEMME JUST SEE HERE, UM, A, A JUNE 30TH, UH, COMPLETION DATE. UM, THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT ON THE SHORT SIDE. UH, IT, I'M SURE IT'S GONNA RUN INTO FALL, UM, UNTIL ALL THOSE COMPONENTS ARE IN PLACE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PROJECT? UM, THE NEXT ONE ON THE LIST IS THE FLOORING PROJECT. THIS IS PHASE THREE OF THAT FLOORING PROJECT IN THE JAIL. IF YOU REMEMBER, OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE, UH, BEEN GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE INMATE AREAS AND REMOVING ALL OF THE FLOORING TILE, WHICH OVER THE YEARS HAVE BECOME, UM, VERY DANGEROUS IN A, IN A JAIL SETTING. UH, A LOT OF THE TILES WERE PEELING UP AND SHARP, UH, EDGES ON THEM. SO WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO TOOK CARE OF ALL OF THE INMATE AREAS. PHASE THREE IS MORE OF THE COMMON AREAS, THE HALLWAYS, UM, UM, SOME OF OUR CONFERENCE ROOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, SO THAT, THAT PROJECT HAS, IT'S STILL IN DRAFT FORM. UM, IT IS, THAT ONE IS SLATED TO ACTUALLY KICK OFF IN 2025. IT'S PART OF, UM, FACILITIES CIP PROJECT. UM, [00:05:01] JUST ON A SIDE NOTE, WE DID IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF OTHER AREAS THAT NEED ATTENTION WITH THAT PROJECT. UM, WHEN WE HAVE DONE PHASE ONE OF OUR FLOORING PROJECT, UM, THERE WERE SOME TILES IN THE JAIL THAT WERE PART OF OUR OLD KITCHEN BACK IN THE OLD JAIL THAT, UM, THEY, THEY LAID OVER THE TOP OF, AND THOSE TILES STARTED POPPING UP AND AFFECTING OUR FLOORS. SO THAT COMPANY CAME BACK IN AND FIXED, RESOLVED THE ISSUE. BUT WE MAY BE DOING, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS TO ANOTHER AREA THAT HAS THAT SAME POTENTIAL, UM, FOR CAUSING SOME PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD. OUR, UH, FOOD PASS SECURITY UPGRADES, UM, THIS IS, UH, ADDING SOME FEATURES ONTO OUR CURRENT, UM, CELL DOORS, WHICH ENABLE OFFICERS TO PASS THINGS THROUGH TO AN INMATE INTO IN A CELL, UM, AND NOT HAVE, UH, REDUCE THE, THE ABILITY FOR THAT INMATE TO THROW BODY OF BODILY FLUIDS OR OTHER ITEMS, UM, THROUGH THAT FOOD PASS. UM, SO THAT PROJECT IS SPLIT UP INTO MULTIPLE PHASES. UM, THE, THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THE DOORS ARE, UM, IT'S PRICEY. UM, ALL OF ALL OF THIS PROJECT IS BEING HANDLED THROUGH OUR COMMISSARY FUND, SO IT IS NOT, UM, TAXPAYER DOLLARS, BUT WE DO LIKE TO SPREAD THAT THAT COST OUT OVER OVER YEARS. SO, UM, PHASE ONE HAS BEEN, UH, WELL THE INITIAL INSTALL AND, AND UM, WE HAD ONE OF THESE INSTALLED, UM, WHICH WE TESTED AND, UM, WE, WE FOUND THAT IT'D BE A VERY EFFECTIVE PRODUCT. SO THAT HAS ALL BEEN COMPLETED. WE ARE NOW TO THE POINT WHERE WE RECEIVED ALL OF THE, UM, EQUIPMENT FOR PHASE, UM, ONE INSTALLATION. SO THOSE ALSO [c. 90 Day Update from the Medical Examiner] CAME IN IN MID-DECEMBER. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH FACILITIES TO SET UP, UM, UH, INSTALLATION DATE ON THAT. UM, THERE IS SOME MODIFICATION TO OUR PRESENT DOORS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO GET THOSE FOOD PASS, UM, UNITS ONTO THE DOORS. SO IS THIS THOSE EIGHT INDIVIDUAL MAXIMUM SECURITY CELLS OR, OR IS CISCO AND ACTUAL TO THE MAIN JAIL AREA? UM, BOTH. UM, SO WE ARE, UM, IT'S, IT'S SPLIT UP INTO, SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE JAIL THAT UM, THESE BECOME USEFUL AND UM, THIS NEXT SET WILL BASICALLY FINISH OFF ONE SIDE OF THOSE FOUR OF THOSE CELLS. UM, WE'LL INCLUDE, UM, THESE FOOD PASSES AND THEN WE ARE ALSO ADDING ONE DOWN IN OUR RECEIVING AREA AS WELL. UM, AND THEN FUTURE WE'LL ADD ANOTHER ONE DOWN IN RECEIVING, WE MAY, UM, INSTALL ONE DOWN IN OUR JUVENILE FACILITY AS WELL. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE PROJECTS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT JAIL OPERATIONS AS A WHOLE? DISPATCH WE HAVE SEEN, UM, AN UPTICK IN APPLICANTS. UM, OKAY, GOOD. I AGREE WITH CAPTAIN STA THAT IT IS NOT A, UH, WE ARE NOT BEING BOMBARDED WITH APPLICATIONS, BUT WE ARE GETTING SOME GOOD CANDIDATES. UM, WE HAVE, UM, ONE OFFICER STARTED ON MONDAY. HE HAS TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE AT DUTCH COUNTY JAIL. UM, CAME OVER TO US AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, TWO THAT ARE GONNA BE STARTING IN FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 5TH. AND I'VE GOT, UM, SEVERAL OTHER ONES, UM, PROBABLY 10 TOTAL THAT I'M CURRENTLY IN DIFFERENT STAGES ON IN THE HIRING PROCESS. SO, UM, ALRIGHT. HOW MANY CURRENT VACANCIES DO YOU HAVE? SO CURRENTLY WE ARE AT, WITH OUR NEW HIRE ON MONDAY, WE ARE AT 11. SO OUR UH, TWO IN FEBRUARY WILL TAKE US DOWN TO NINE. OKAY. HOPEFULLY WE CAN START TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS. YES. SO, YEP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU CAPTAIN. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THAT'S THE LAST AGENDA ITEM. SO HAVING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, I WILL HAVE US ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.