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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1988.07.14 - 17451MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 88183 DATE: JULY 14, 1988 BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE - ANNE M. HOBART, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS - ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF JAIL ADDITION TO: OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, MR. CHAIRPERSON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: WHEREAS, the Jail Addition currently under construction was originally estimated to cost $16,625,000; and WHEREAS, as of this date the construction is approximately 70% complete with occupancy expected in February, 1989; and WHEREAS, the original total project budget did not anticipate certain items of expense; and WHEREAS, State Department of Corrections approval for an additional 244 double-bunked prisoners is among these items; and WHEREAS, these additional items include: 1. Two fire escape stair towers mandated by the State Fire Marshall's office after construction had started at a cost of $695,000. 2. Construction alterations required to accommodate the double bunking recently approved by the State Department of Corrections at a cost of $270,000. 3. Design changes in other areas of the building such as the Booking area, the Medical area, medical and dental equipment, and the roof, many of which are needed because of the double-bunking and which have been requested by the Sheriff's Department, the Health Department, and the Facilities Maintenance and Operations Division at a cost of $185,000. 4. Automatic electric switchgear to transfer the load from one feeder to the other automatically at a cost of $130,000. S. Remodeling in the kitchen area to replace aging equipment thereby accommodating not only the double-bunked prisoners but also improving the existing operation at a cost of $451,000. WHEREAS, these additional items of work are estimated to cost a total of $1,731,000; and WHEREAS, the Budget Division has estimated this additional expense will result in an unfavorable variance of $1,633,000 at the conclusion of the project; and WHEREAS, funding to cover this unfavorable variance has been identified and is available from two sources: the Jail Expansion Design Fund and the year-end-balance of the 1987 Capital Improvement Program. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners appropriates an additional $1,633,000 to the Oakland County Building Authority to cover the cost of the above-mentioned items for the Jail Addition project. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that $1,000,000 of this amount be taken from the Jail Expansion Design Fund and that the remainder, $633,000, be taken from the year-end-balance of the 1987 Capital Improvement Program. Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE