February 14, 2008
AB 900: County will seek state funding for new jail
Amador County will move forward in seeking state funding for a new county
jail, the board of supervisors announced Tuesday. Supervisor Richard Forster, at the end of the board meeting, said that during a closed session meeting, the board agreed to move forward to hire a consultant to prepare the grant application.The grant, from Assembly Bill 900, passed last year as the Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act, could provide up to $30 million toward a new jail. At present, the county jail has only 76 beds, but is expected to need 165 beds by 2010 and 217 beds by 2030, according to a report presented to the board last week by Harry Munyon of TRG Consulting in Rancho Mirage…
