Speaker 0: And that would be, I think, what I'm going to do. I'm going to skip if it's okay. Do you mind being the last? And I would bring up our our last item, which will now be the one before last, which is our chaplains. And we are this is proposed ordinance 2016 0293. For those of you that are online, just, just yesterday we did a a motion motion a motion because we had the problem that this is trying to solve. So yesterday we had the problem and today we're having the solution. So how's that for Speedy? Are you going to. Oh, I'll just talk about it really quick. So basically various denominations, faith based denominations, donate materials such as Bibles or Korans or any kind of literature or newspapers so that people that are incarcerated will have. Access to them, which I believe is required by law that we make that available. So I have here a list of all of the different groups that donate to that. And currently, our law, which was in 1979, is that.
Speaker 2: 82.
Speaker 0: 72, so that the dollar amount could only not exceed $2,000. And as we know, inflation has happened since 1972. So this would make us able to do that up to the dollar amount of $15,000. And I think that that's more appropriate at this time. So, Mr. Curry, would you take it away?
Speaker 2: Thank you, Madam Chair. And Clifford Curry of Council staff, you pretty much give them my staff report. So just a couple of quick notes. Is that as the as the Chair noted, the code requirements that require council approval of donations of $2,000 or more has been in place since 1972. However, the Council has acted in other areas to provide exemptions to certain agencies, recognizing that the $2,000 limit is very low. For example, you've increased the limit for animal and animal services, public health and for parks and recreation, giving them exemptions of up to $50,000 to receive donations. This particular ordinance would extend an exemption for having council approval for a donation for religious materials and texts, educational materials and books. Are those donations going to the Inmate Welfare Fund? The Inmate Welfare Fund provides services religious, educational and recreational services to inmates, both in the county's adult and juvenile detention facilities. It's paid for currently with phone call revenues and revenues from vending machines. By expanding the amount of donation that could be received by the department, that department does not have to look at the cost of going through the motion process. And any donation of materials means that the inmate welfare fund doesn't need to spend money to provide those materials, and as a consequence, it benefits the inmates, both with the donation and by reducing the pressure on the actual inmate welfare fund. And. Madam Chair, that concludes my staff report. Director Hayes is here to answer questions.
Speaker 0: Mr. Hayes, welcome back. It's been 24 hours. So is there anything that you'd like to add to this?
Speaker 2: No, just that this kind of helps us streamline things so we don't have to come back to council to get approval for a donation of more than $2,000. Last year there was only two donations, more than that. And then we realized that we the ordinance had limited us. So that's one reason why we're here yesterday. And hopefully this will help us in the future to streamline and and accept these donations from the generosity of the communities.
Speaker 0: And I know we have two chaplains or one chaplain with us, three chaplains for chaplain chaplains. And if any one of you want to say anything at the microphone, you'd be more than welcome to do that. They brought this to me because they said it was slowing down, getting literature to the people and they just wanted to speed it up. And so I wouldn't have known that if you hadn't come to talk to us about that. And we thank you for your service and making sure that whatever the faith base is, that everybody's religious use can be observed. So thank you. Any questions is Councilmember Gossett.
Speaker 4: Thank you, Madam Chair. Councilor, I remember you mostly characterizing this as religious donations. When I listen to Cliff and read the ordinance, we're making more flexible the donation or contribution of religious materials and tax, as well as other educational materials and books to the inmate welfare fund. So if I want to give ten copies of Malcolm X Speech Speech or the Autobiography of Malcolm X to the jail, it would appear to me that I can do it. It is provision, am I correct or not?
Speaker 2: That is correct. Mr..
Speaker 4: COUTTS Okay, so it's not just religious contributions. All right, I want to make sure that.
Speaker 0: It also would allow computers and the director and I are are figuring out we haven't gotten there yet, but figuring out how to get some computers at some point because there's some really good opportunities that are for free to help inmates if we could just get the computers in there.
Speaker 2: So and just just to fully answer your question, Mr. Dyson, this was intended after discussions with the department to ensure that, again, the donated materials tend to be religious materials, which for obvious reasons can be very expensive. And the other area where there is a significant need for inmates and a benefit from receiving donations are educational materials used for literacy, GED, etc., etc. Those kinds of donations are very beneficial, both the inmate to the inmates and to the inmate welfare fund by the county not having to purchase those materials.
Speaker 4: All right. Thank you.
Speaker 0: So thank you. And we will keep working on how we're going to get those computers. So but that's for another day. Any other questions on this one? Okay. And we have our previous director that thinks it's fine, too, so that's great. All right. Is this before us? I don't remember. Is mine. So would you put it before us?
Speaker 3: Councilmember Garcia, did you want to move it now? Okay. All right. Be happy to move adoption with a do pass recommendation of proposed ordinance 2000 60293.
Speaker 0: Thank you very much. No further comments. Please call for the vote.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Madam Chair. Councilmember Baldacci. Councilmember Dombroski. Councilmember Dunn. Councilmember Garcia.
Speaker 4: I.
Speaker 1: Councilmember Caldwell's. Councilmember McDermott. High Councilmember of the Grove. Councilmember one right there. Madam Chair, I. Madam chair, the vote is six. Is council members done up the grove in Brunswick Borough?
Speaker 0: Excuse. Thank you very much. So seems that would be fine to put this on the consent agenda. And do you have some backlog things that you need to be processing or this can be in the regular time. Regular time. Okay. So consent agenda, regular time. And thank you very much and thank you to all the chaplains. We so appreciate you. Thank you. This now takes us to our last item of business. And this is something and believe it or not, it's been on my mind since 2006.
AN ORDINANCE relating to gifts, bequests and donations of religious materials and texts, other educational materials, and books to the inmate welfare fund; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.80.