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File #: 21-445    Version: 1 Name: Increase Jail Staffing
Type: Minute Order Status: Action Item
File created: 10/28/2020 In control: City Council Meeting Agenda
On agenda: 11/9/2020 Final action:
Title: CC- (1) Authorization to Increase City Jail Staffing by Three Additional Funded Jailer Positions for a Total Jail Staff of One Senior Jailer and Five Jailers; and (2) FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE REQUIREMENT: Approval of a FY 2020/2021 Related Budget Amendment in the Amount of $282,042.00.
Attachments: 1. 2020-11-09_ATT – California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Biennial Inspection Report, 2. 2020-11-09_ATT - Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Contract Jail Rates, 3. 2020-11-09_ATT – Jail Section Recommendations from CPSM Analysis Report
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CC- (1) Authorization to Increase City Jail Staffing by Three Additional Funded Jailer Positions for a Total Jail Staff of One Senior Jailer and Five Jailers; and (2) FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE REQUIREMENT: Approval of a FY 2020/2021 Related Budget Amendment in the Amount of $282,042.00.

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Meeting Date: November 9, 2020

Contact Person/Dept: Lieutenant Andrew Bellante/Police Department

Phone Number: (310) 253-6316

Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [X] No []

Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: X[]

Commission Action Required: Yes [] No []

Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (11/04/2020)

Department Approval: Acting Police Chief Manny Cid (10/28/2020)
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RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends the City Council (1) authorize the increase of City Jail Staffing by three additional funded Jail positions for a total Jail Staff of one Senior Jailer and five Jailers; and (2) approve a FY2020/2021 related budget amendment in the amount of $282,042.00 (four-fifths vote requirement).


BACKGROUND

The Culver City Police Department maintains a Type 1 Jail facility, with 30 beds, capable of serving as a local detention facility used for the detention of persons for not more than 96 hours after arrest/ booking. The facility may also detain persons on court order, either for their own safekeeping, or sentenced to a City Jail as an inmate worker.
Type 1 Jail facilities are governed by the California Board of Corrections and Title 15 of the California Administrative Code, which set forth minimum standards for local detention facilities. These minimum standards include always having at least one jailer on duty, who shall be immediately responsible for the health, safety, liberties, and rights of all inmates. The jailer has primary responsibility for the reception, booking, processing, custody, and welfare...

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