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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISBIONERS
JAIL EXPANSION/CONSTRUCTION MINUTES & BRIEFING MINUTES
FZBRV ,ov 20, 1996
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday,
February 20, 1996, 4:00 p.m., for a jail presentation from J.N.
Pease and Associates and at 5:00 p.m., for the agenda briefing.
Both meetings were held in the South Wing Conference Room of the
Iredell County Government Center, 200 South Center, Statesville,
NC.
Present were: Sara K. Haire, Chairman
David A. Boone, Vice Chairman
Steve Johnson
Doug Madison
Alice Stewart
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
Susan Blumenstein, Dir. of Fin. & Adm. Serv.
Sheriff Phil Redmond
Rodney Proctor, Sheriff's Dept.
Jean Moore, Clerk to the Board
Chairman Haire called the meeting to order.
J.N. pEASE & ASSOCIATE: JAIL PRESENTATION: Mr. John Hill of
the Pease staff displayed diagrams of the proposed jail expansion
and renovation. Hill explained that his documents were ready to go
to the contractors. The jail plans have been reviewed by the
sheriff, his staff, and the State. The building meets all of the
appropriate codes. Cost saving measures were incorporated into the
plans wherever possible, e.g., painting, dry wall, and the
elimination of site costs wherever possible. Some of the kitchen
equipment (pieces) could probably be reused; however, it would cost
more to try to replace some of the equipment than to purchase new.
Hill mentioned that the plans presented were almost identical to
previous ones; however, a corridor has been devised near the
magistrate's office. Security -wise, Hill mentioned that it's
probably impossible to build a jail that is escape proof. Proctor
agreed, and said that most newly built jails had to later have some
fine tuning.
A few other items mentioned by Hill were:
- Amount of parking spaces would basically remain the same
- An erosion permit will not need to be obtained (not enough
land being disturbed)
- Visiting booths are non -contact (will have voice boxes)
- Around 18 monitoring cameras will be used
- An assortment of items will be located on the roof; however,
it will be difficult to see the items (sky lights,
exhaust fans and heating units -gas fired)
- Lighting on sallyport side has fixtures under the canopy. It
was determined that more fixtures would need to be added
to illuminate the driveway
- Roof would be precast (similar to parking decks)
- Subsurface soil borings did not show anything unusual
- Roof insulation will have a R-19 insulation factor
Hill mentioned that final cost estimates were not available
but should be known in the next couple of days. He did say that
demolition costs in the kitchen area were running slightly higher
than anticipated. A five percent difference in cost estimates are
what Hill predicts.