WASHINGTON COUNTY PRISON BOARD AGENDA Wednesday, September 15, 2021  I. Invocation  II. Approval of Minute PB 8-18-21 dated August 18, 2021  III. Public Comment  IV. Warden's Report  V. Bills  VI. Old Business VII. New Business  VIII. Adjourn Meeting  D. Vaughan N. Sherman L.I Maggi M. Namie S. Romano J. Walsh President Judge DiSalle J. Haynes  J. Grimm S. Arnold C.C Griffin J.H Hatfield J.F Fewell J.Thornburg C. Sams    Minute No. PB8 8-18-21  August 18, 2021  The meeting of thel Washington County Prison Board was held int the 7th floor conference room of Courthouse! Square, 1001 West Beau Street, Washington, Pennsylvania, with thef following members being present: Commissioners Dianal Irey Vaughan, Nick Sherman andI Larry Maggi; Judge) John DiSalle; Controller Mike Namie; and Sheriff Sam Romano. Absent from ther meeting was District Attorney Gene' Vittone. Also present: Warden Jeffrey Fewell; Chief ofs Staff] John Haynes; Human Resources Director Shelli Arnold; Finance Director) Josh Hatfield; First Assistant District Attorney Jason' Walsh; Chief Clerk Cindy Griffin; Deputy Warden Chris Cain; Administrative. Assistant Joyce Thornburg; and Southwest Corner' Workforce: Development Board Director. Ami Gatts.  Mrs. Vaughan called the meeting to ordera ata approximately 11:01 a.m., and Warden Fewelll led Mrs. Vaughan asked ifthere were any corrections, additions or omissions to Minute Itwas moved by Mr. Namie ands seconded by Mr. Maggi that Minute No. PB7-14-21 be approved. The motion was carried unanimously with thel Board signifyingt their approval bys stating  ther meeting with thei invocation.  No. PB 7-14-21, dated July 14, 2021, each member having receivedac copy.  "Aye". PUBLICCOMMENTS None. WARDENSREPORT Administrative Fee Social Security Monthly sub-total Year-to-date grand total Work Release Inmates Weekend Inmates Monthly sub-total Year-to-date grandt total  Income from OtherUnits for thel Maintenanceofl Inmates for] luly2021  $7,084.34 $0.00 $7,084.34 $70,067.03  Program) Feesand Room: and] Board Income for) July2021  Billed Collected -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- Male Female Total 39 11 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 Male Female Total 217 43 260 256 54 310  Statuso loflnmatesConfined. att the End ofluly2021  Full-time Inmates Work Release Inmates Weekend Inmates Inmates Awaiting' Trial and/or Sentencing Total Inmates  Warden Fewell stated that the! headcount is currently at 311. He continued pointing outt that thel bookings pery year has decreased in the pastf five years but that the average length of stay! has increased indicating that the charges are more: serious and will takea al longert time to mitigatei in court. Warden Fewell stated thati normally the October and November are the high months in this county reiterating that the current populationi is 311, and thef facility has 3261 beds. To mitigate overcrowding the WCCC will contract outi inmates to Greene County and that contracts will alsol bei in place with Allegheny County as well as Beaver County. As thep population recedes, thei inmates willl be Continuing on, Warden Fewell respectfully requested thel Prison Board to approve the Warden Fewell respectfully requested thel Prison Board to approve the authorization of Warden Fewell respectfully requested the Prison Board to approve the request for  returned to the Washington County facility.  advertising for bids for flooring in the Correctional Facility Processing Center. advertising for qualifications foral Facility Needs Assessment.    engineering: services for thej jailr related tot thel Needs Assessment. selected for part-time Correctional Officerlp positions:  Warden Fewell requested thel Prison Board to approve the hiring oft thef following newl hires  Chelsey Cook Malik Harrison Ashley Murray Clara! Sagastizado  Elijah Currie Makayla Henderson Shawn Myers Shayne Saunders  Shawn Evans Wayne Kress David Ogilvie Noelle' Wachter  Additionally, ifa any oft the above do not accept, thef followingi individuals have been selected as  alternates:  Emily Finney  Cody Furbee Brandon Naraskivitch  Ericl Helfrich  Warden Fewell requested thel Prison Board (requested: funding from the Inmate Welfare Account) to consider outfitting partor all oft thei inmate population withs suicide blankets instead of sheets and! blankets. Allegheny County] Jail! has chosen tos got thist route. The suicidel blankets provide Tob bringt thel Prison Board up to date, Warden Fewell noted thef following timeline ofe events: *Beacon, Jail Management: System (JMS) deployment on) July 18,2 2021. *Videol kiosks/network. and tablets upgrade deployment on September 9,2021. *Pennsylvania Department of Corrections inspection/audit rescheduled to September *Currently contracting outi inmates to Greene County to manage the population. Six Southwest Corner Workforce Development Board Director Ami Gatts was introduced to present ani idea to assisti inmates with inmate reintegration. Ms. Gatts stated that she conducteda brainstorming session yesterday to come up withi ideas for activities thati inmates can doi in spare time. She would liket to assess inmate interests, skillsa and: suitability by reviewing inmate reading skills, computer: skills, etc. She explained that her organization would work withl Penn Commercial in offering coursework: intended toj prepare inmates for the GED which would require a 50-75 hour commitment. After thef firstp phase is completed, there would be: and option tot train for the careers: such as welding, commercial driving (CDL) and culinary. These careers havel been chosen because they don'tnormally require a background check as extensive. ass some other careers. Ms. Gatts emphasized that ani inmate could continue thet trainingi ifreleased before completed. Ms. Gatts would like to determine how to deliver theses skills ast to whetheri itl bet through computer instruction ori inj person. Mrs. Vaughan stated that the program would be funded by the Southwest Corner' Workforce Development organization. However, supplemental funding could also come from thel Inmate Welfare Mrs. Vaughan called an executive session ata approximately 11:17 a.m. to discuss personnel. Mrs. Vaughan reconvened ther meeting following thee executive. session ata approximately Itwasi moved by Mr. Sherman and seconded by Mr. Maggi to accept the Warden'sl Report to include the! 5j proposals stated above. The motion was carried unanimously with the Boards signifying Mr. Namie presentedt tot the Board for their consideration and approval of thel bills dated Itwas moved by! Mr. Namie and: seconded by! Mr. Sherman, approving thel bills dated August 18, 2021. The motion was carried unanimously with thel Board signifying theira approval by  extra warmth int the winter and decreases the risk ofsuicides.  27,2021, due to COVID. have already been transferred  Fund. 11:40a.m.  their approval by stating" "Aye".  BILLS  August 18, 2021, int the amount of $228,224.59.  stating' "Aye". (See list oft bills attached hereto and made a part hereof.)    OLDBUSINESS None. NEW/BUSINESS None. approximately 11:41 a.m.  Therel being no further business, Mrs. Vaughan declared the meeting adjourned at  THEI FOREGOING MINUTES SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL:  2021  ATTEST:  SECRETARY    Warden's Prison Board Agenda- September 15, 2021  1.Jails statistics 2. ACTIONITEM- 3. Executive Session  PROPOSAL#I- -Inmate Population Control and COVID-19 Management    !NNN!N!!!!!NNNNN!NNNININN!IIIIII!I!! PROPOSAL#I- -Inmate Population Control and COVID-19 Management I,Warden. Jeff Fewell, respectfully request the Prison Board to consider inmate farm-out operations using existing contract with Greene County to mitigate jail overcrowding and NND OF EPORTI!!!!!!!!N!!!!!!!NII  COVID-19 management.    Washington County Correctional Facility Invoices September 15, 2021 Housekeeping Supplies Bid Secure Waste Removal Bid Kitchen Equipment Repairs Bid Produce Bid PO# 44219- Transport Contracted' Waste Removal- Sep/21 Bread Bid PO# 44176- Computer Equipment Energy Utility Services Jun-Jul/21 PO#4 44031- Hardware Cost Per Copy Bid Housekeeping Bid Industrial Commodities Bid Electrical Supplies Bid Lawl Library LinenE Bid  *AZ. Janitorial Services LLC *Access Information! Protected AIS Commercial Parts & Service Albano's *Ambulance & Chair EMS Inc. *Big's Sanitation Bimbo Bakeries USA *CDW-G *Columbia Gas ofF PAI Inc. "Craftmaster Hardware *FBM Capitall LLÇ Frye. Jack and Sales Service Grainger W WI Inc. *Guardian RFID *The Hite Company *Lexis Nexis Phoenix Textile Corporation Primecarel Medical Inc. *Ricoh USAI Inc. Scalise Industries Corporation Schneider's Dairyl Inc. "Sprague Operating Resources LLC "Tri-Community South EMS *UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside *Verizon' Wireless "W BN Mason Co. Inc. The Washington Hospital "Washington Physicians Services "West Penn Power *Paida as required by due date  $ 2,365.56 $ 112.53 $ 336.37 $ 1,764.63 $ 395.00 $ 820.00 $ 2,827.52 $ 47.38 $ 3,514.69 $ 375.00 $ 100.72 $ 1,392.00 $ 2,297.07 $ 3,054.04 $ 869.50 $ 616.00 $ 824.00 $ 136,121.22 $ 670.13 $ 5,243.38 $ 3,013.57 $ 1,252.88 $ 95.00 $ 195.00 $ 160.04 $ 1,026.69 $ 10,536.00 $ 90.00 $ 1,785.00 $ 12,833.87 $ 194,734.79  PO# 44192- Inmate Management System Equipment  Contracted! Medical Services- - Oct/21 Document Imaging Services Bid General Construction Bid Milk Bid Liquid Fuels Utlity Service Jul/21 PO# 44221-F First Aid Cards PO# 44218- Medical Services Telecom Service- 8/17-9/16/21 Office Supplies Bid Guard Meals Employment Screenings Utility Service- -7/23-8/22/21 Total 9/15/21 Meeting  Washington E Washington. Joint Authority Sewage Utility Service 6/29-7/29/21