IOLA, KANSAS OFFICE OF THE ALLEN COUNTY CLERK January 6 ...

Robbie discussed an odor coming from the sally port. The drains are in the center of the sallyport, they do have a trap but there is still a problem with odor.Robbie discussed making the part time cook full time. He also requested that sergeants get a$1.00 raise above the starting rate. No action was taken at this time.Robbie discussed the public is not at risk from the jail. He stated the emergency issues are notcontrollable. Currently there are 25 inmates in the jail. The trustees are in work release area.Alan discussed training in the jail. Robbie stated the jailers have all received training in thecontrol room. Robbie stated six of the staff has been trained by Thermal. Robbie stated severaljailers have received the 40 hours of training required by state. Discussion followed. He statedthere is not a problem with a jailer going into the pods with the inmates, this is called directsupervision. He will continue to do this. He stated the control person couldn’t see all four podsat one time. Commissioners asked about them going into the pods with a master key on them.Alan asked about the doors being propped open. Robbie stated the system is slow and this is away to speed up the process. Alan asked about the State Fire Marshall’s report on evacuations.Alan asked about riot control. Discussion followed. Robbie reported the jailers have all beentrained on the evacuation issues, by way of a briefing. Alan asked if the current jailers would beable to tell him about the evacuations. Alan discussed the training concerns on the new jailers.Discussion followed. Robbie reported he had Missouri Class Training come to Allen County totrain jailers. Discussion followed. Robbie addressed the other issues that were addressed by theprevious jailers. Alan explained the Commissioners’ liability to make sure that all the issuespresented are taken care of in a secure environment. Robbie stated most of the training is “on thejob training”. Robbie stated he didn’t need anyone to come from another county to make sure heis running up to par. Commissioners asked about the Johnson County prisoners being farmed outto Allen County as of the last of November. Robbie stated this was a goal of his; he would notbe bringing prisoners in if he were not up to full jail staff. Alan suggested that someone comefrom Neosho County to Allen County to do a walk through to make sure everything is runningproperly, Robbie stated he is running the jail properly and professionally and does not need forthe commissioners to have any one come. Discussion followed. Commissioners discussed thekey situation. Discussion followed. Commissioners discussed the overtime and intense hoursworked, currently 12 hours sifts. Alan suggested testing the jailers on the training issues and ifthe jailers miss the question they should be reviewed with the jailer. Discussion followed. Alanstated his concern with the previous jailers’ issues. Robbie stated they are just disgruntledemployees, that there are no problems.Commissioner Regehr discussed a barn that burned. Robbie stated it is still under investigation.Commissioner Works asked about keys. Discussion followed. The jail is set up on a keylessentry.Robbie would like to appoint shift supervisors. The title, a pay raise, and job description waspresented to the Commission. No action was taken at this time.