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conversation with the cities before they come up with the plan that is best for Lane County. He said from the Sheriff's Office perspective, they have 119 empty jail beds. He said they are empty because they don't have the funds to staffthose beds. He noted they release under 4,000 offenders a year who have either not completed their sentence or have not gone to trial yet. He asked the question on February 28 about what is going on with prop crime, in Lane County for unincorporated Lane County. He noted between January 1 and February 282 they had 1,056 burglaries reported and 1,107 thefts. He said they had lost their burglary, investigator from budget cuts last year. He added that the INET Enforcement Team was- also a victim of budget Springfield is discussing building a municipal jail. He said they have the money to build it but they cannot operate it. He thought the service district cOUld pay for that. He s~d it was adding capacity to the system, but even if they had the 119 empty jail beds full it would still be too small for their needs for a county this size. He wanted to get ~6~er to resolve this. receive 8,000 cases this year. He ~ at lhe time the ~IOad h~ led, they have had 30% reduction in prosecution staff in ~ ~hal division ~ add~ th~ have gone from 11 investigators in the criminal diviSiOh ~ one. He said the D~t~ Digtrict Attorneys have to do felony crime~ gte people who ar~ ~ ~ crimes in Eugene and Springfield. He commented it up paying most of the penalty. He said their w~ a Croblem that coul~ ~ ~ ~ndefinitely. Department of Y°~ ~ices, stated she represents the Juvenile Department for /. She added the se ~rovide are not duplicated by any other agency within the Cities of Eu field. She said they are the authorized juvenile She said approximately 3,800 referrals per year. She added of theCit~ofi~ugene, 27% come from the City of Springfield and the others come She noted at no time do the cities receive a monthly accounting services were used. She said that had been an expense that has been She said the Juvenile Department's mission is to hold youth accountable, lockin~ uP ~ juvenile offenders who pose the greatest risk to the community and Page 6 - Joint Elected Officials Meeting - April 19, 2005 WD bc/m/05035/T