10-2-2023 BOC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Buggy Building, located at 115 Chatham Street. Pretrial Services Coordinator Autumn Smith then introduced her staff and how her team will work with the RENEW program. In addition to Ms. Smith, the Pretrial Department also includes Judicial Services Coordinator Kristie Brayboy and Community Social Worker Steven Money. Ms. Noel recognized Management Fellow Ben McQueary for creating the RENEW logo, with the assistance of Clerk to the Board/Communications Specialist Hailey Hall. Ms. Noel also noted that staff will bring applications from non-profits to the Board at the November 20, 2023 meeting. County Manager Lisa Minter emphasized that non- profits would be signing up to participate in this reimbursement program and that this is not a grant. County Attorney Whitney Parrish noted that non-profits must meet all criteria on the checklist developed by staff, which is attached and incorporated into these minutes. A PowerPoint presentation will be available to non-profits who cannot attend the October 6 information session. Application.pdf Reimbursable Expenses.pdf Initiative Contract.pdf Application Qualification Checklist Final.pdf Motion: Motion to approve funding re-allocation in the amount of $500,000 in ARPA MBA2 money from the Dream Center to the Lee County Government's Health and Wellbeing Initiative with $250,000 for non-profit reimbursable services and $250,000 for contracted services. Mover: Robert Reives For: 7 - Dr. Andre Knecht, Robert Reives, Cameron Sharpe, Kirk Smith, Bill Carver, Mark Lovick, Taylor Vorbeck Motion Result: Passed V.0 Jail Cameras Discussion Commissioner Taylor Vorbeck requested to discuss updating the cameras in the County Jail based on recent incidents that have occurred. County Manager Lisa Minter said that during Sheriff Brian Estes'budget presentation to the Board in May 2023, the Sheriff mentioned the need for the cameras to be upgraded in the Jail, but did not include it in his requested budget because he felt it would be addressed in the jail feasibility study. Due to staff turnover, the feasibility study has taken longer than expected to get started. Ms. Minter said if the Board would like to move forward on this, she recommends instructing the Sheriff to get a new quote on replacing the cameras and system. Sheriff Estes said staff can't just replace a few cameras without replacing the whole system and that the current cameras were installed in 2012. The Board gave consensus on instructing the Sheriff to obtain a new proposal and quote. VI. MANAGERS' REPORTS VI.A August 2023 Financial Report Finance Director Candace Iceman provided the financial report for August 2023. Ad valorem tax collections are at 11.61% of the budget and the targeted percentage used for expenditures for this period is 16.67%. The Finance Department recently 5