Task force presses for clarity on jail planning scenarios and a proposed budget-cap resolution after consultant memo
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IPRTF members asked for clearer documentation and broader access to FAB and consultant materials after a committee member said STV had indicated it would not develop additional jail scenarios; members agreed to keep jail planning and Barry’s budget-cap resolution on the April 20 agenda and requested circulation of two recent analyses for discussion.
Steering committee members pressed for more transparency and clearer sequencing on jail planning after a committee member said STV, the consultant, issued a memo halting further scenario development.
Barry announced he is working with the executive’s office on a joint-sponsored resolution proposing a budget cap to submit to the council later in April and asked whether the task force should review it at the April 20 meeting. "We would have a draft ready for the twentieth," Barry said, asking the IPRTF to weigh in on values to attach to a cap.
Several members said they were unclear how a proposed budget cap would align with programmatic or design scenarios. "It’s not coming out of a scenario of what jail we can afford," Heather said, describing the tension between finance-driven bonding scenarios and programmatic design decisions. Bertie and others said many IPRTF members lack access to FAB meeting packets and recordings and requested the FAB documents, memos and consultant reports be shared with the full group.
Barry and other members referenced a memo from STV that, they said, stated the firm would not develop additional facility scenarios. "STV has put out a memo saying they will not be developing more scenarios," Barry said; members responded that many IPRTF participants had not seen that memo and asked staff to circulate it. Jill said Kayla and Riley had committed to forward FAB documents and that she would post links to the recent behavioral-health analysis and jail-capacity report so members could review them ahead of the April meeting.
Members urged the executive office and FAB to make materials and recordings easier to find: Bertie said some FAB meetings appear not to have easily accessible recordings, and Dean (public commenter) said he could not locate FAB links online. Jill committed to follow up with staff to improve access and to prioritize posting materials for the next FAB and the IPRTF’s April 20 meeting.
Next steps set by the steering committee included reserving 15–30 minutes at the April 20 meeting for a JPOP presentation of lived-experience highlights, adding the budget-cap resolution as a related agenda bullet, and circulating the behavioral-health and jail-capacity analyses for committee review. Members proposed tight timekeeping or additional meetings to allow fuller review of the long reports.
