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WARD: Ward 1
COMMITTEE: Public Safety
$ IMPACT: The City of Smyrna will receive $45 per 24 hour period for each Powder Springs, Georgia inmate housed
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Authorization to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement Between the City of Powder Springs, Georgia and the City of Smyrna, Georgia for the Housing of Prison Inmates and have the Mayor sign and execute all documents
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ISSUE: The City of Powder Springs, Georgia has requested that the City of Smyrna, Georgia begin housing Powder Springs prison inmates and bonding Powder Springs inmates on June 29, 2016 and continuing until June 30, 2021 unless the agreement is terminated by means stated in the Intergovernmental Agreement. The City of Powder Springs, Georgia has agreed to pay the City of Smyrna, Georgia the sum of $45.00 per 24 hour period a Powder Springs prisoner is housed at the City of Smyrna jail. Said amount includes the bonding of Powder Springs prisoners by employees of the Smyrna Jail by procedures that are mutually agreeable to both parties.
BACKGROUND: The City of Powder Springs, Georgia currently contracts with the Cobb County, Georgia Sheriff's Office to house and bond Powder Springs prisoners. Upon the request of Powder Springs, Georgia to contract with the City of Smyrna, Georgia for prisoner housing and bonding, an Intergovernmental Agreement was drafted which delineated the performance of such functions as well as the per diem rate for housing and bonding. Powder Springs, Georgia has requested that prisoner housing and bonding by the City of Smyrna, Georgia commence on June 29, 2016.
RECOMMENDATION/REQUESTED ACTION: The Chief of Police and staff recommend this authorization