ITEM TITLE:
Approval of FY2025 Community Jail Contract with State of Alaska
SUBMITTED BY: Bart Hinkle, Chief of Police
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: N/A
Unencumbered Balance: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the FY2025 [July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025] Community Jail contract with the State of Alaska.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
In 2023 the Valdez City Council approved the FY24 [July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024] Professional Services Agreement between the Valdez Community Jail and the State of Alaska for an amount of $598,858.30. The amount represented the same funding as FY23 and was a $195,858.30 increase from prior years’ contracts. That contract was detailed and structured in such a manner that additional funds could be earned depending on services provided.
The FY25 contract is similar in design. Appendix D (page 15 of the attachment titled Valdez Regional and Community Jail FY25) details the payment provisions.
The base contract for the City of Valdez is $593,025. The Pretrial Services contract amount is $38,251 (Assessment & Database Collection $5,738 + Community Pretrial Electronic Monitoring $13,388 + Community Pretrial Monitoring and Pretrial Supervision $19,125). In addition, there is another $10,000 for the sentenced Electronic Monitoring.
The total contract amount is at $641,276 for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 (FY25).
For a number of years, the Department of Corrections has worked towards designing a formula that clearly defines the allocation to the respective Community Jails, with an emphasis placed on operational costs and utilization.
This year is the first that an attachment (FY25 Community Jails Allocation Breakdown) was provided.