0226071.9

COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND NINE COPIES OF THIS REQUEST
AND DOCUMENTS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Commissioner Williams OFFICE: Precinct 2
MEETING DATE: Febnrary 26, 2007 TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (Please be specific).Receive and discuss report on visit and inspection of
Kerr County Juvenile Detention Center (large building) by Texas Youth Commission
(TYC) executives on February 15, 2007.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED:
NAME OF PERSON(S) ADDRESSING THE COURT: Commissioners Williams, Kevin
Stanton
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Memorandum
February 15, 2007
To: County Judge and Commissioners
From: Bill Williams, Precinct 2
Subject: TYC Officials inspection of Kerr County Juvenile Detention Facility,
February 15, 2007.
Don Brantley, TYC Director of Field Operations, Paula Morelock, TYC Director
of Juvenile Corrections, and Arturo Hinojosa, TYC Director of Maintenance and
Operations toured and inspected the Kerr County Juvenile Detention Center, Thursday,
February I5, 2007. Kevin Stanton, Ken County JDF Director assisted me in conducting
the tour and answering questions.
In light of pending legislative action that would transfer one or more TYC
facilities to the Texas CJD, a seazch is underway to locate other facilities for TYC use.
Hence, their visit to Kerr County.
TYC stated they are interested in operating smaller facilities, and if ultimately
determine that our facility meets their needs, would be willing to lease the entire facility,
staff it, and operate it for TYC programs. If they were to lease our facility, they probably
would also want the classroom building at the rear, even though it has no restroom
facilities in it.
Their timeframe for making a decision will obviously be determined by what
happens in the current session of the Legislature with regazd to transferring some of their
facilities and other funding matters.
However, in the meantime, we will forwazd a set of the building plans for their
study. Also, they will provide us with information regazding some of their other lease
arrangements which they acknowledge can be "tweaked" to meet certain local
considerations.
There probably is no reason why we could not move forward on the request from
the Ken County Juvenile Probation Dept. to use the classroom facility behind the JDF. If
Later TYC advises us they want to tease the entire facility, we can return to the current
educational setup or make other alternate arrangements.