HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions 2000 (46) RESOLUTION REQUESTING STATE FUNDING FOR COUNTY JAILS
Resolution No. �e " G ))
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
WHEREAS, county jails throughout Wisconsin are housing inmates at an
unprecedented rate due to criminal statutes enacted by the State legislature requiring
longer periods of incarceration in county jails; and
WHEREAS, this continual increase in jail populations is forcing counties to build
and staff new facilities at great cost to county taxpayers; and
WHEREAS, with each new criminal statute, the State legislature has failed to
provide funding for the increase in housing.
THEREFORE, be it resolved that the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors goes
on record requesting the Governor and the Wisconsin legislature to provide sufficient
funding to support the implementation of State statutes which result in additional cost to
county taxpayers by housing inmates for additional time in county jails.
FURTHER, be it resolved that the State funding shall cover both the capital costs
associated with the increased use of county jails and the staffing costs incurred by a
county jail in order to safely support increased jail population.
FURTHER, be it resolved that the County Clerk is to send a copy of this
resolution to all other Wisconsin counties, the Governor, the Secretary of the Department
of Administration, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections, and legislators
representing St. Croix County.
Offered by the Public Protection Committee on December 12, 2000.
NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE
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STATE OF WISCONSIN
COUNTY OF ST. CROIX
I, Sue E. Nelson, St Croix
County Clerk, 00 HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing is a true and corr of
adopted by the County of Supervisors -
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