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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 6, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-a <br /> SUBJECT: Agreement with United States Marshals Service on Federal Inmate <br /> Reimbursement <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager and Sheriff <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Sheriff Blackwood, 919-245-2308 <br /> Bonnie Hammersley, 919-245-2300 <br /> PURPOSE: To authorize the County Manager and other appropriate County officials to execute <br /> an agreement with the U.S. Marshals Service for housing federal inmates in the Orange County <br /> Detention Facility from a current reimbursement rate of $66 per day to a negotiated rate of $93 <br /> per day for a term of three years. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Sheriff has historically provided secure housing for <br /> federal inmates under a contract with the U.S. Marshals Service. The Marshals Service is <br /> responsible for housing and transporting federal prisoners from the time they enter federal <br /> custody until they are either acquitted or convicted and sentenced to a designated federal <br /> Bureau of Prisons facility. During the time that court proceedings are underway, the Marshals <br /> Service relies on state and local governments to provide secure housing for federal prisoners. <br /> The Marshals Service reimburses these state and local detention facilities for the cost of <br /> housing based on facility costs and other factors through a negotiated rate determination <br /> process. A reimbursement rate of$66 per day has been in place since 2008. <br /> The County engaged a consultant to determine the daily cost of housing an inmate in the <br /> Orange County detention facility. That cost study calculated daily cost of housing an inmate to <br /> be $111.02 based on FY 2015 costs to operate the detention facility. This rate was submitted to <br /> the U.S. Marshals Service to begin the negotiation process. Although the initial rate offer from <br /> the Marshals Service was $77 per day, staff was able to negotiate a final rate of $93.00 per day <br /> for a period of three years. Near the end of that initial three year term, the County may submit a <br /> request to renegotiate the rate based on the cost of housing at that time. Given the current <br /> construction schedule for the new detention facility, the County will likely have a different cost <br /> profile by that time in the new facility. <br />