HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1985.02.14 - 10980February 14, 1985
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 850_1_7_
BY: PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE - ANNE M. HOBART, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT - AUTHORIZATION TO RECEIVE BIDS -
HISCEIIANET5Iff-JKIL REMODELING
TO: OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, MR. CHAIRPERSON
LADIES AND GEWLEMEN
WHFRFAS, there is a ne ed for more holding capacity at the Jail; and
WHEREAS, Oakland County entered into a Consent Judgment. on
February 23, 1982, and Article VII of said Consent Judgment requires that
inmates in cell block areas be afforded one hour per day of exercise in the open
air for each day that the temperature in the cell block areas exceeds 80 0 F; and
WHEREAS, the existing Jail was built to 1968 standards and such
construction impedes the efficient operation of existing staff by restricting
visual observation; and
WHEREAS, there is an outdoor area of approximately 630 square feet in
the vicinity of the existing holding cells which can be enclosed, illuminated,
heated, and ventilated with relative ease thereby providing holding for an
additional 23 day-time prisoners; and
WHEREAS, the construction of an additional outdoor exercise yard in a
portion of the existing receiving yard would make compliance with the
aforementioned Article VII possible; and
WHEREAS, visual obstructions can be eliminated by the installation of
security glazing, wire mesh enclosures, and other related equipment; and
WHEREAS, the construction of an additional holding cell is estimated
to cost $55,500 and the construction of an outdoor exercise yard is estimated to
cost $82,800 and the installation of security glazing and related equipment is
estimated to cost $61,700 For a total project cost of $200,000; and
WHEREAS, funding for this project is available in the Jail Remodeling
line item of the 1985 Capital Improvement Program;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Department of Central Services'
be and is hereby authorized to advertise, receive bids, and report thereon after
receipt and tabulation of such bids,
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf on the Planning & Building Committee,
I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE
ANNE M. HOBART, CHAIRPERSON
14th day of 198 5
ALLEN
County Clerk/Register of Deeds
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Moved by Rewold supported by Richard Kuhn the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Pernick, Price, Rewold, Skarritt, Webb, Wilcox, Caddell, Calandro, Doyon,
Fortino, Gosling, Hassberger, R. Kuhn, Lanni, Law, McConnell, Moffitt, Moore, Nelson. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal,
do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Miscellaneous Resolution 85017 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
t their meeting held on February 14, 1985
with the orginial record thereof now remaining in my office, and
that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the
whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
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