Senate Committee Publications
| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1012 | |||||||||
| DeSoto County Jail Expansion | |||||||||
| Requester: | Mary Dougherty-Slapp | Organization: | DeSoto County | ||||||
| Project Title: | DeSoto County Jail Expansion | Date Submitted | 1/12/2004 4:13:00 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Bennett | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Capital outlay initiative local jail construction project in an area identified as a Rural Area of Critical Economic Concern | |||||||||
| Recipient: | DeSoto County | Contact: | Mary Dougherty-Slapp | ||||||
| 201 E. Oak St. Suite 201 | Contact Phone: | (863) 993-4800 | |||||||
| Arcadia 34266 | Contact email: | ||||||||
| Counties: | DeSoto | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Yes | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Expansion of DeSoto County Jail Facility, necessary to alleviate overcrowding. The current facility has approximately 146 beds and houses approximately 170 inmates. The overcrowding conditions of the current facility are exacerbated by the number of State juvenile detention facilities located in DeSoto County. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| sq. ft. of facility/number of new beds | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $10,000,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $10,000,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | None | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Jail Population Records | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | DeSoto County Board of County Commissioners | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 10/28/2003 | ||||||||