Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 25, June 21, 2024
Section 94-7-2 - Calculation of Projected Cost Per Inmate Day2.1. The Authority shall establish a uniform statewide per diem for housing persons in the Regional Jail system. The per diem shall be established using the Regional Jail system as a whole of all the regional jails combined.2.2. Annually, the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority shall establish an expenditure schedule, consistent with the requirements of W. Va. Code § 31-20-10aet.seq. for the operation of the Regional Jail system. This schedule will cover all operational costs including, but not limited to personal services, employee benefits, public employees insurance reserve fund, current expenses, liquidity reassurance reserve, repairs and alterations and assets, as well as budgetary cost adjustments and all requirements of the State Budget Office. In calculating the schedule, the Authority may include moneys for an operational reserve fund: Provided, that moneys budgeted for the operational reserve fund may not exceed the amount of actual operational expenditures incurred during a three month period in the preceding fiscal year; Provided, however, that such three month period must be the three month period with the lowest operational expenditures for any three month period in the preceding fiscal year.2.3. The projected expenditure schedule will be divided by the previous fiscal year's billed average daily inmate population to yield the preliminary projected cost per inmate day. The West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Board, established under W. Va. Code § 31-20-3, shall evaluate the preliminary projected cost per inmate day to determine if reductions can be implemented based on other revenues, cash reserves, and cost efficiency efforts. The Board may reduce the preliminary projected cost per inmate day based on adopting a fiscally sound annual operating budget.2.4. The Board's approved cost per inmate day shall then become effective as of July 1st of the next fiscal year's budget following the October projection.