Tag: cleaning

Monroe County sheriff sends update on efforts to clean, sanitize jail

Late Wednesday afternoon, Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté released an update on efforts to clean up the jail facility.

The emailed update was sent to county councilors, county commissioners, members of the community justice response committee, and several other community members.

The update included a link to several before-after photos of: J Block, which is the jail’s new mental health dormitory; the intake room; and the sally port, which is where prisoners are taken into the jail.

The focus of current cleaning efforts is on D Block, according to Marté’s update. Continue reading “Monroe County sheriff sends update on efforts to clean, sanitize jail” →

New position OK’d for jail cleaning, Monroe County councilors talk making (versus keeping) the peace

Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté (March 6, 2023).
President of the Monroe County Democratic Black Caucus, Nicole Bolden (March 6, 2023).
Monroe County councilor Jennifer Crossley at the March 14, 2023 council meeting.
Monroe County councilor Kate Wiltz at the March 14, 2023 council meeting.

A new position at Monroe County’s jail has been created to support new sheriff Ruben Marté’s effort to make the jail clean and sanitary, and to keep it that way.

At their regular Tuesday meeting, county councilors voted unanimously in favor of creating a new job called “jail facility coordinator.”  It will be paid on par with guards. It will report directly to the sheriff.

Also at Tuesday’s meeting, the county council authorized an additional appropriation of $40,000 for supplies to clean and paint the jail. Continue reading “New position OK’d for jail cleaning, Monroe County councilors talk making (versus keeping) the peace” →

New job for coordinating cleaning of Monroe County jail now has description, on clear path to creation

From left: Elizabeth Sensenstein, Phil Parker, Kyle Gibbons, Jeff Cockerill, Geoff McKim, Peter Iversen.
Monroe County chief deputy sheriff Phil Parker.
From left: Monroe County chief deputy sheriff Phil Parker, Kyle Gibbons, and county attorney Jeff Cockrill.

Now finally settled is the wording of the job description for a new position at Monroe County’s jail, which is supposed to help put the jail into a clean and sanitary condition and keep it that way.

The job description was the topic of a Friday noon meeting of the county council’s personnel administration committee (PAC), which agreed to forward the job description to Waggoner, Irwin, and Sheele, Inc. (WIS)—which is the county’s HR consultant.

WIS will incorporate the job description into the county’s job classification scheme, which determines compensation. The final step in the process will be for the full county council to approve the creation of the position, and its compensation.

That approval could come at the county council’s March 14 meeting. Continue reading “New job for coordinating cleaning of Monroe County jail now has description, on clear path to creation” →

War, peace, cameras: Monroe County courthouse monuments cleaned, repaired for July 4 ceremony

The arm of the peace memorial to the southwest of the Monroe County courthouse building had its arm reattached this week.
The right arm of the soldier in the World War II memorial on the northeast corner of the courthouse square was reattached this week.
On Friday, signs were posted announcing that the courthouse lawn area was reserved for Monday’s July 4 celebration.
The right arm of the soldier in the World War II memorial on the northeast corner of the courthouse square was reattached this week.
Festive red-white-and-blue bunting is scrunched behind the security camera on the outside of the courthouse building so that the camera view is not obscured.
Between Monday and Tuesday of this week, abortion rights slogans were spray-painted on the Alexander Memorial on the southeast corner of the Monroe County courthouse square.
Festive red-white-and-blue bunting is scrunched behind the security camera on the outside of the courthouse building so that the camera view is not obscured.
Slogans supporting reproductive rights spray-painted on the Alexander Memorial got cleaned off Tuesday afternoon.

Set to be the main event for Monday’s July 4 celebration at the Monroe County courthouse is the rededication of the 35-foot-tall Alexander Memorial.

The memorial was built in 1928 to honor Monroe County’s veterans of all wars.

The iconic monument, which stands on the southeast corner of the courthouse square, was refurbished in April of this year, by cleaning it and installing eight new limestone panels. The original panels, some of which are now on display inside the courthouse rotunda, had deteriorated in the nearly 100 years since it was first constructed.

Signs have been posted on the courthouse lawn announcing that the space is reserved for the July 4 activities.

The Alexander Memorial needed some additional cleaning on Tuesday this week. The base of the monument, below the recently installed new panels, was spray-painted with slogans supporting reproductive rights. Continue reading “War, peace, cameras: Monroe County courthouse monuments cleaned, repaired for July 4 ceremony” →