Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-07-21

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drive for a new safety cen
ter and county jail.
The new proposal is to To-
cate the sheriff'S office and
the jail near the center of the
county in MunSon township g.
Accommodations are planned
for sheriff'S quarters, a tot
al of about 80 male prison
erS and separate quarters for
juveniles and women. Cost is
estimated at 1915 900 about
$4,000 less than the ! a t
proposed bond issue.
County commissioners, af-
ter having four proposed is
sues defeated, asked for help
and advice from the COM
munity. Meetings were or :
ganized by the League Of
Womens' Voters and the is
sues debated. Finally a COM
mittee was appointed to work
with the commissioner a n d
the present plans were for
mulated.
The committee consisted
of: DR.. David Corey, Robert
Jackson, Earl Bigam, Frank
Fink and Vern Foft.
In recommending a cen =
trail location for the sheriff. S
office the committee said:
In selecting the site the
group weighed all the factors
involved:
l. The evident majority op-
inion of the Citizens Com :
mittee at its June meeting
that the site be chosen away
from Chardon (also replies
to questionnaries).
2. The fact that land will
have to be bought some
where;
3. That the future needs of
the county will demand fur
ther additions of land from
time to time;
4. That buying property
piecemeal and without asSur-
ance that suitable parcels
would be available when and
where NEEDED would be both
costly and subject to poor
planning;
5. That the county now
owns 24O acres Of excellent
land for developing a county
center for safety, welfare,
health, and administrative
services. The hospital is al
ready established in t h t
same area; the County Home
farm, and Dog Pound are
now on this property, and the
rest of the land will be need
ed for the future development
Of this growing county;
6. That this land is at pre-
sent inaccessible to a main
road;
7. That the purchase of land
on Route Al can be made at
this time on advantageous
terms and would ensure the
accessibility of the present
acreage for later use;
8. That building the Jail
Safety center) on this piece
would allow this facility to be
readily reached without now
building an expensive road
deep into the presently own
ed land, but a public thorou-
ghfare could later be develop
ed over this land from Route
a to Aquilla Road and thus
open up the back acreage;
9. That releasing the pres
ent jail and Sheriff's quart
ers property would permit re-
lief of the overcroWded Court
House;
10. That future expansion
of the Court House for purely
Court use (court rooms, cha
mbers, records, etc. would
be assured for the future al
it's present site;
II. That the additional eX.
pense and effort of transport
ing prisoners would be offset
by the above advantages, in
Guiding more rapid access tc
distant parts of the county in
emergencies;
IL. Radio reception a n d
broadcast to distant parts OF
the county would be greatly
improved in the central loca'
ton.
Sheriff's Quarters
For purely economic reas-
ons, quarters for the Sheriff
and his family have been in
cluded in the plans. The fol
lowing factors determined
this decision:
/. The Sheriff. is respons,
ible for the safety and Secur,
ity of the prisoners "a hours
a day.
2. A matron is legally re-
quired to be responsible fol
women and juvenile prison
erS day and night.
8. If the Sheriff and his wife
we're, not living in the j
building, the county would
have to prooide two extra
shifts of personnel for around
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