| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 7.c.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiles
| From: | Tom DaRé
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Police
| | Subject: | Approval of a second amendment to the Agreement with Geo Group Inc., for Fiscal Years 2019-22 to provide jail booking and security. (Cost: $1,828,415) (Action Item) | Date: | 6/25/2019 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
To seek City Council approval of a second amendment to the Agreement with GEO Group Inc. (GEO) for three years starting in Fiscal Year 2019-20 through Fiscal Year 2021-22, to provide 24-hour jail booking and security for the Police Department. |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
The Police Department has contracted with GEO Group Inc. for 24-hour jail booking and security services since 2000. In 2015, the Police Department completed a formal RFP process for jail contract services and GEO was the winning bid. There was only one other proposal during the RFP process. In June 2015, the City Council approved a three-year contract agreement with GEO Group Inc. and agreed the contract could be renewed on a 3-year basis after the initial expiration of the original contract agreement. The contract was amended last year for one year pending budget review, and is set to expire on June 30, 2019. |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
Using the civilian jail contract services, police officers are able to reduce the time it takes to process arrestees and return to the field to handle calls for service. On average for police officers, it takes approximately two hours to handle a prisoner through the booking process. Using the jail contract services, this processing time has been reduced to 15 minutes, allowing the police officers to return to the field more quickly to handle emergency calls for service.
Over the past four years there has been an increase in crime in the City and arrests made by the Police Department. In 2018, officers made 8,255 arrests for felonies and misdemeanors. This is a 16% increase in arrests from 2017, when officers made 7,101 arrests. The time saved by having the civilian jailers process the arrestees is the equivalent of having approximately (6) additional police officers on the street.
GEO Group Inc. has performed well for the department for the past 19 years. GEO’s jail staff and management has been responsive to our needs and continues to assist our officers in a critical need. |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
The financial impact for the second amendment will be $591,548 for Fiscal Year 2019-20, $609,294 for Fiscal Year 2020-21, and $627,573 for Fiscal Year 2021-22. Funding is anticipated and included as part of the biennial budget for Fiscal Years 2019-20 and 2020-21.
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| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
- Approve the second amendment to the Agreement with GEO Group Inc. in the amount not to exceed $591,548 for Fiscal Year 2019-20, $609,294 for Fiscal Year 2020-21, and $627,573 for Fiscal Year 2021-22; and
- Authorize the City Manager or his designee to sign the agreement and make any modifications as needed on behalf of the City.
By: Lieutenant John Reynolds
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| ATTACHMENTS: | | Description | Upload Date | Type | File Name | | Second Amendment with GEO Group | 6/20/2019 | Agreement | 6-25-19_GEO_Second_Amendment_-_3_year_extension_2019_OS_Rev_(1).pdf | | Attachment II-A | 6/20/2019 | Backup Material | 6-25-19_Garden_Grove_Draft_Budget_-_3_year_extension.pdf |
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