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Blue Ridge Regional Jai! Ridge Regional Jail Authority would be required. To accept additional members in the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority requires a unanimous agreement of the current member jurisdictions. The per diem for inmate days charged to member jurisdictions is approximately twenty- five dollars ($25.00) per day. Approximately nine to ten dollars of the per diem is for the debt service for repayment of the project capital cost. In discussions concerning the options that may be available to Pittsylvania County for joining the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority, two options were identified and discussed: · Option I - Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority would be responsible for the incarceration of all Pittsylvania County inmates and the existing Pittsylvania County Jail would be 'turned over' to the Authority. · Option II - Pittsylvania County would operate a 'local jail" for incarcerating pre-trial inmates and would be operated by the Pittsylvania County Sheriff. The sentenced and 'overflow pre-trial inmates would be incarcerated by and in a facility managed by the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority. Option I In the first option, Pittsylvania County would be responsible for the capital cost required to expand the Blue Ridge Regional Jail capacity Io a level suffident to incarcerate the Pittsylvania County future inmate population. This capital cost would be incurred by the Authority, however the debt service payments required to retire the debt associated with the required capacity expansion for Pittsylvania County, would be the responsibility of Pittsylvania County. The project capital cost would be eligible for the fifty percent reimbursement from the Commonwealth for Ihe approved project cost. It was the Superintendent's opinion that the additional capacity required for Pittsylvania County would probably be located in Pittsylvania County. The continued use of the existing Pittsylvania County Jail or the expansion of that jail would be considered during the Planning Study phase of the project. It was the opinion of the Blue Ridge Regionai Jail Superintendent that the per diem charge to Pittsylvanla County for the operating cost would be approximately equal to that charged to the other member jurisdictions. The movement of inmates to/from the Regional Jail would be the responsibility of the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority and the location used to incarcerate an inmate would be an operational decision of the Regional Jail management. The Authority management would place inmates in the facility that had the programs and available space that would best serve the needs of the Authority management and the inmates. Some of the administrative, program, support areas within the existing Blue Ridge Jail system could potentially require upgrading to accommodate Pittsylvania County joining the Authority. Any capital cost associated with necessary upgrades would be the responsibility of Pittsylvania County. The addition of Pittsylvania County to the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority could require a 'joining fee' to reflect the County's use of existing facility and infrastructure that Powell Consulting Services 3 November 29, 2004