1. Incorporate the necessary elements to prepare, operate, house and maintain a safe and secure jail facility; 2. Complete the project in a timely manner without undue delays and within the County’s funding resources available for the project; 3. Incorporate high performance, energy efficient HVAC, plumbing, electrical, exhaust, mechanical, security and fire alarm systems and controls that will allow all staff to work in a safe, comfortable, operational facility; 4. Design a facility that is practical, functional and meets the design standards of the NC Department of Health and Human Services, and NC Jail Standards; 5. Design and incorporate a functional amount of programming space for inmates to meet with mental health, substance abuse, life skill providers or other similar programs; 6. Design and construct a facility that reduces to the required County’s maintenance resources and long-term maintenance funding by minimizing operating and maintenance cost, maximizing energy efficiency and utilizing materials that will prolong the life of the facility. 7. For the current detention center, inspect, design and repair the noted deficiencies that have been identified by the NC Department of Health and Human Services with economical and timely repairs 8. The goal for the existing detention center is to get it operational and in compliance as quickly and as economically as reasonably possible, and to remain operational until the the new facility is brought online. 9. Design a facility that incorporates and allows for future expansion of additional beds.
