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1,: - <br />CI'TY OF NORTH OLMST'ED <br />RESOLUTION N0. 79- 87 <br />BY : ??-'?rsf?s? <br />? <br />? <br />A RESOLUTION URGING THF OHIO DEPAR'I?IENT OF CORRECTION <br />TO SUSPEND APPLICATION OF MININIUM STANDARDS FOR JAILS <br />IN OHIO AS APPLICABLF TO 72-HOtTR FACILITIES, AND DECLARING <br />AN EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Correction, under authority of O.R.C. <br />5120.06 and 5120.10, has issued 17inimLUn Standards for Jails in Ohio, April, <br />1978, hereinafter referred to as Jail Stanar s, anWf-IERFAS, the said Jail Standards fail to adeQuately consider the plight <br />of many suburban connm.mities whose jail facilities, never intended as long- <br />term facilities, are so situated as to make adoptation physically impossible, <br />and <br />Wf-EREA,S, in order to comply with the said Jail Standards, support must <br />be elicited bf the Civic leaders and the entire cormnunity for the purpose of <br />fiunding and planning necessary for extensive adaption required in many instances <br />by the said Jai1 Standards, and <br />WHERF.AS, in most corrnnunities in Cuyahoga County, the 72-hour facility is <br />the most important jail needed to facilitate proper police protection services <br />for the respective corrnnnunity, and <br />Wf-IERF.AS, the said Jail Standards designate many nrovisions desirable <br />for long-term facilities as mandatory upon 72-hour facilities, creating an <br />intolerable and impossible hardship upon the local corrnnunity. <br />NOW, TI-EREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CQUNCIL OF T'fiE CITY OF NORTH <br />OUISTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION l: That this Council does hereby urge the Ohio Denartment of <br />Correction, Bureau of Adult Detention Facilities and Services, to at once <br />suspend the application of MinimLUn Standards for Jails in Ohio, April, 1978, <br />as it applies to 72-hour facil.ities Lmtll a more extenslve study is ma e o? <br />the impact the said Jai1 Standards will have on the needs of local corrununities, <br />on law enforcement rec{uirements, financial problems created, and the time neriods <br />within which cormnunities can reasonably comply with new Jail Standards. <br />SECTION 2: The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to forward co-Dies of <br />this Resolution to Congressmen Ronald Mottl; State Senators Paul Imatia <br />and Jerome Stano, and State Representatives Rocco Colonna and James Betts, <br />urging the State Legislators to adopt a Resolution suspending the operation of <br />the said Jail Standards applicable to 72-hour facilities. <br />SECTION 3: That this Resolution is hereby determined to be an emergency <br />measure necessary for the irmY?ediate preservation of the public peace, health, <br />safetyy, and welfare of the City, and for the further reason it is irrmiediately <br />necessary because the State of Ohio is currently reviewing the standards and <br />prompt action is needed by Council to declare their position in this matter, <br />and further provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all <br />members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force irrmlediately <br />upon its passage and approval by the Mayor. <br />PASSED: <br />ATT'EST : <br />FLO CE CA?IPBELL, CLERK OF C CIL <br />nROVED: "') 4 --t,) S ?. <br />ROBERT W. SWIETYNIOWSKI, R <br />. <br />e, O? ?' ? g- -/C;, D. IMPERT, PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL <br />First reading: 16 <br />Second reading: ,? <br />Third reading: