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matrsnot, I am curious and tickled by this, I hope you understand this is in fun. But, I have often wondered, knowing your better half thinks a lot of Bill Ransdall...do you have interesting dinner conversations, or is it not talked about. It makes me think of James Carville and his wife, Mary Matalin. Old 'Snake Head' is of course a brilliant democrat consultant and loves the Clintons with great passion. Mary a top Republican consultant. Often wonder how their dinner conversations go.
Gary, your signs were in my yard when all around me were Farnham's. I've always felt you got a bad break and yes I remember Farnham bashing you on the absent issue and several others, now he's not half the commissioner you were. He can't manage a budget. Yet he gets a free pass because he makes a motion on occassion that supports the Sheriffs office. I've already mentioned in this thread how I felt and made recommendations that I thought would help. I may not agree with JB on everything but he's been nice to me and didn't have to be. That alone means I will respect his views, even if I disagree with them. I'm not a commissioner and probably never will be, but being cordial is usually the first step to finding a solution that works for the county. We live in a small community and can't afford, literally and figuratively, the gridlock and nastiness that is in Washington and Jeff City. Hence my screen name, FedUp.
JB on it's face it sounds great, but as with all great proposals a cost benefit analysis should be done that provides statistics to prove your point. I have to do that with all my Fed proposals in order to get my point across. Sometimes it's hard for commissioners (or other folks) to fully understand the benefits even when it's spoken in plain english, while statistics provide a good foundation and ignoring those stats increases their risks. Still, it sounds like a good proposal to me, now the countering argument is what gets cut in order to provide that new service, or how much will get saved? Answer those and I would hope they would listen.
Farnham did make a comment to me about the tire issue story in the paper, something to the effect that the reported info was wrong, most was paid for from last years budget. I will have to remember to ask him for some details and post on here..JB
Let's see....340k divided by lets say top number 50k = 6.8. That would be almost 7 years of premiums. What happens if an inmate wins a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the County?? That second civil paper server would have almost paid for the yearly premium with the profit for the County???Another thought......would the Counties insurance premium go down because of the liability taken off it?? Perhaps more savings.
didn't the insurance company pay the lawsuit? If so then your math is all wrong.
Probably a moot point, there is nothing to cut. And savings are a matter of view. The other selling points are that the inmates in your custody get better care and the medical legal issue is diverted from the County. Does not directly save the County the money but if we lose several cases then the insurance company will cancel us or raise our rates. Both of those would create a real delicate problem. Last payout by Insurance Company is unknown but had to be over $50K and the one before that was $340K. Those were cases under JT and no that is not a slam on JT he was in the same boat I am now. Limited jail staff help and jail staff or Sheriff making complex MEDICAL decisions. It should be done by a Doctor.So bottom line I cannot say that we would save X amount. That is an unknown. But for the care of the inmates and to prevent the County being canceled it would be the right thing to do.JBIt is a good idea. And I think the public safety part should definitely be included. This example reminds me of the traffic light argument. The one where public officials say there haven't been any, or not enough, accidents to justify the cost of a traffic light. Then someone gets killed at that intersection and the following week a light is put up. The public already paid the costs by higher insurance rates and a person dying. But those officials hadn't seen statistics to convince them it was needed. And I do like that the legal aspect is transferred to the company and away from the county. JB you have some stats, even if they were under JT, may want to use those as examples.
You must not have read the part about the insurance company increasing rates or canceling the policy. I was simply showing an example.
Has anyone read what Bill Anderson has said about this website??"His first foray into partisan politics hasn’t been completely enjoyable, Anderson said, and he told local Democrats that he doesn’t like the tone of political commentary on some area web sites."“People can sign up and say whatever they say with no accountability,” Anderson said. “Don’t get badly concerned until they put their name behind it.”http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/articles/2008/04/02/news/news03.txtrelated article.http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/articles/2008/04/02/news/news06.txt
I just want to know what they think they can improve with what there is to work with.