HomeMy WebLinkAbout13135RESOLUTION NO. 13135
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED USE OF
THE PUEBLO COUNTY JAIL FOR THE HOUSING OF
MUNICIPAL PRISONERS
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1.
The City of Pueblo shall pay Pueblo County a total of forty-five dollars ($45) for
each day, or partial day, Pueblo County houses a municipal offender in the Pueblo
County jail, inclusive of all costs associated with housing that prisoner, under the current
arrangement and operational practices of the Pueblo Police Department and the Pueblo
County Sheriff’s Department until such time that a new agreement is reached with
Pueblo County for the City’s use of the Pueblo County jail, or City Council approves by
resolution to do otherwise.
SECTION 2.
The officers of the City are directed and authorized to perform any and all acts
consistent with the intent of this Resolution and to effectuate the policies and
procedures described herein.
SECTION 3.
This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon final passage nunc pro
tunc January 1, 2014.
INTRODUCED: December 22, 2014
BY: Ed Brown
City Clerk’s Office Item # M-5
Background Paper for Proposed
Resolution
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: December 22, 2014
TO: President Stephen G. Nawrocki and Members of City Council
CC: Sam Azad, City Manager
VIA: Gina Dutcher, City Clerk
FROM: Sam Azad, City Manager
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED USE OF THE PUEBLO
COUNTY JAIL FOR THE HOUSING OF MUNICIPAL PRISONERS
SUMMARY:
Attached is a Resolution setting forth City Council’s commitment to pay Pueblo County for the
continued use of the Pueblo County jail for municipal offenders under the parties’ current
arrangement and operational practices until such time when a new agreement is reached with
Pueblo County, or City Council approves by resolution to do otherwise.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
None.
BACKGROUND:
On August 23, 2013, the Pueblo County Commissioners elected to terminate its Agreement with
the City of Pueblo dated March 28, 1983, which provided for the housing of municipal prisoners
in the Pueblo County jail. Since that time, the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Department has
continued to accept and house in the Pueblo County jail, municipal offenders who have been
arrested on municipal warrants. In addition, the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Department has
continued to accept and house in the Pueblo County jail, at the request of the Pueblo Police
Department, certain municipal offenders whose offense or conduct render incarceration into the
jail appropriate as determined on a case by case basis. Pueblo County bills the Pueblo Police
Department, and the Pueblo Police Department pays Pueblo County, forty-five dollars ($45) per
day, or partial day, for each municipal prisoner housed in the Pueblo County jail inclusive of all
costs associated with the housing of that prisoner.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
Approval of the Resolution will maintain the current arrangement between agencies and
maintain the status quo. Jail fees are paid out of the Police Department’s operating budget.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
None.
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS:
None.
ALTERNATIVES:
Denial of the Resolution may result in uncertainty and may disrupt the operation of the Police
Department as it relates to the placement of municipal offenders.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the Resolution.
Attachments:
None.