AGENDA DATE: 5/18/2022
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Amended and Restated Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail Authority Service Agreement
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Consider the approval of the Amended and Restated Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail Authority Service Agreement
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Hudson
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: The purpose of the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail Authority (ACRJA) is to provide secure confinement, at the local level, for local and state-responsible inmates and to enhance the public safety and welfare in the region for the protection of citizens. Created by its Member Jurisdictions - the City of Charlottesville and the Counties of Albemarle and Nelson - the ACRJA accomplishes this mission pursuant to the terms and conditions of the ACRJA Service Agreement initially adopted on November 15, 1995 and amended on March 12, 1998 and November 12, 1998. The Agreement was further amended by Resolution in 2011 to reduce the required Operating Reserve Fund to be maintained by the ACRJA, and again by Resolution in 2012 to allow the County Executive to designate an assistant County Executive to act as his alternative and to vote in his place at Jail Authority Board meetings.
At all relevant times, the ACRJ Authority Board has consisted of 11 members, including the elected sheriffs of each Member Jurisdiction; the chief executive officers of each Member jurisdiction or their designees; a currently serving member of the Charlottesville City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors; a citizen member of and appointed by the City of Charlottesville; a citizen member of and appointed by the County of Albemarle; and a citizen member jointly appointed by the City of Charlottesville and County of Albemarle.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Mission - To enhance the well-being and quality of life for all community members th...
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