JeffCo Inmate Population Directive
Effective January 1, 2020, and until further notice, the 7th floor of the Jefferson County Detention Facility will be closed, reducing the operational capacity of the County jail to 1,148. To attain this, and thereafter to sustain it, control measures will be implemented whenever the housed inmate population exceeds the operational capacity by 2%.
Each morning, at 0800 hours, detentions command staff will meet and review the housed inmate count to determine if inmate population control measures should be enacted. When authorized by the Detention Services Division chief, or designee, the following steps will be used in sequential order to ensure the inmate population is adjusted to meet operational capacity.
The Sheriff’s Office will release the least number of inmates possible to reduce the jail population within the affected units to manageable levels.
Thank you Laura McGee for your support
Laura McGee had a tree fall in her yard yesterday. Fox 31 came out —- TAKE A PEEK AT HER YARD SIGNS!!!!
Ramey is ‘Pulling for You’
Special District Abuse – What we have learned from the Solterra experience
Special districts and how my Lakewood community — Solterra — landed in a mountain of debt
In 2016, a neighbor posted a seemingly simple question in a community social network online: “Why do my taxes keep increasing?”
The effort to answer that question took me on a three-year journey that exposed the depths of special-district abuse not only in my community — Solterra — but also across Colorado. The thread on Nextdoor led to my first meeting a week later with neighbors and a resident appointed by the developer to the Solterra special-district board. He was there to “monitor” the conversation (his words).
An hour later, the message was clear: Residents won’t understand. They won’t care. Don’t rock the boat.
I left my neighbor’s home smiling. I’m still “rocking,” and won’t quit until I stop special-district abuse.
Stormwater Utility Increase explained
Find out everything you need to know about Storm Water Utility billing
“I did NOT vote for the increase. Not because we do not need stormwater work but, primarily because it did not have a “sunset” provision.
A sunset provision puts in place a timetable when an increase will be re-visited. There should always be accountability on how YOUR money is being spent and if it is accomplishing what was expected. Additionally, the stormwater increase has an AUTOMATIC INCREASE built into the measure,” Ramey.