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TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1998 cash match for the grant was to be provided from revenues from the Electronic Incarceration Program. Council Member Haskell noted that two of the major factors in recidivism were substance abuse and lack of education. Council Member Roop asked if counseling through this program was provided to clients after their discharge from jail. He was told that it was, and that attendance was sometimes made mandatory following release. SheriffDraper stated that Judge Greenwalt had used this mandate often. Upon motion duly seconded, and by unanimous vote Council approved acceptance of the accept the $57,197 grant funds into Revenue Account 01-000500-2403048--Grants-SherifFs Office for expenditure in an account to be established by the Director of Finance in the Sheriffs FY98-99 Budget in the General Fund. The second item considered by Council related to the Sheriffs Office was an update report by Sheriff Draper on his Electronic Incarceration Program (El;P). The Sheriff provided a written report that showed that the EIP program had shown a net profit of $78,909 and a total positive financial impact of $476,754 during the past fiscal year. He also noted that revenues would probably be less in the future, due to a change in the law which now allowed those in EIP to earn "good time" just as regular jail inmates do. The Sheriff stated that this will probably reduce the total number of participant days in the program in the future. In response to a question from Council Member Haskell the Sheriff noted that there had only been minor problems with the program so far and that overall it had been very successful in reducing corrections costs to the City. He also noted that there were plans in the future to enhance the effectiveness of the program through providing employment assistance for eligible participants, to generate more participation. Mayor Crabtree commended the Sheriff on the success and effectiveness of the program. SheriffDraper also took the opportunity to report on the cost effectiveness of the Temporary Jail facility, citing this as a major success story. He pointed out that the facility had cost the City $465,000, but that it had saved $728,640 in costs to house inmates outside the jail, and had generated $126,720 in per diem revenue as well. The Sheriff stated that the effectiveness of this effort should not lead Council to believe that the City's corrections needs were solved, however, and cited steady inmate population growth and the prediction that he would have to begin housing