SOP_NUMBER: 410.01
TITLE: Staff Housing
REFERENCE_CODE: IVR01-0001
DIVISION: Executive
TOPIC_AREA: Engineering and Construction Services - Space Management
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 2006-10-01
WORD_COUNT: 4601
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/105452
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/410.01/
SUMMARY:
This policy establishes procedures for providing on-premises housing to essential correctional staff at GDC facilities that operate 24 hours a day. Wardens are required to reside on facility grounds as a condition of employment when housing is available, though exemptions may be granted by the Commissioner. The policy covers housing types (state-owned or state-leased), furnishings and appliances provided by the Department, and the process for Internal Rental Agreements between the Department and staff residents.
KEY_TOPICS: Staff housing, warden housing, on-premises housing, correctional facilities, rental agreements, state-owned property, state-leased housing, facility operations, emergency response capability, housing allowances, utilities, household appliances, lawn maintenance, inmate labor restrictions
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|GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
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I. POLICY:
In recognition of the security, emergency, and continuous
operational needs of correctional institutions and other
Departmental facilities which operate on a 24-hour basis, and
with particular recognition of the need for a capability of
immediate reaction to emergency situations, the Department
makes available housing on the premises of various facilities
for certain staff who are considered essential to the
operation of the Department/facility.
II. APPLICABILITY:
State Prison Staff
Legal Office
III. RELATED DIRECTIVES:
A. Board Rule: 125-2-1-.01(d), 125-2-1-.12
B. GDC-SOP: IN01-0004 - Contract Services; IIA09-0001 Tobacco Products in State Institutions etc.; IIB03-0001 Use of Inmate Labor on State Housing; IVG01-0015 –
Employee Relocation Expense; IVO05-0004 - Relocations.
IV. DEFINITIONS:
A. Space Coordinator means the individual occupying the
position of Space Management Coordinator assigned to the
Engineering and Construction Services Section of GDC.
B. Business Office means the office and staff of the Deputy
Warden of Administration at the State Prison.
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V. ATTACHMENTS:
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Attachment 1: Rent, Utility and Taxable Income Payroll
Deduction Authorization Form
Attachment 2: State Housing Recommendation Form
Attachment 3: Internal Rental Agreement
VI. PROCEDURE:
A. Housing Types
1. Warden Housing
a. Each warden shall be required, as a condition
of employment, to reside on the facility
premises when such housing is available. In
the event such housing is not available, the
Department shall lease housing for the warden
as close to the facility as possible unless
special circumstances prevent the Department
from leasing housing within that distance.
b. A warden may request an exemption from the
condition of employment of having to reside in
housing on the prison grounds. Such requests
shall be in writing, shall state the reasons
why the warden is seeking the exemption, and
shall be forwarded to the Commissioner for
review and possible approval. If the
Commissioner concludes that there is adequate
justification for the warden to reside
elsewhere the Commissioner may grant the
request. If the Commissioner grants a warden
an exemption from the condition of employment
of having to reside in housing on the prison
grounds then the Commissioner shall require the
deputy warden for security or the chief of
security to reside in the housing on the
prison grounds as a condition of employment for
the deputy warden for security or the chief of
security. Wardens who receive such an exemption
shall be responsible for their own living
expenses and shall not receive any financial
assistance from the Department for their living
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arrangements. In the event a new warden is
assigned to a facility where the deputy warden
for security or the chief of security is
residing in the wadens’s house, pursuant to the
above, the warden is required to reside in the
warden’s house and the deputy warden or chief
of security will be required to relocate from
the warden’s house.
c. Wardens shall be housed in one of two types of
property: state owned, when available, or state
leased when a facility does not have a state
owned house.
1) State owned: An Internal Rental Agreement
shall be prepared in accordance with the
procedure specified in Section VI.B.1
below.
2) State leased: The Commissioner or his/her
designee shall execute the appropriate
lease agreement with the landlord of such
housing and shall maintain copies of said
agreement as may be required. See Section
VI.B.1.b below. Each warden assigned
state-leased property shall enter into an
Internal Rental Agreement with the
Department as specified in VI.B.1 below,
prior to moving into the property. All
such Internal Rental Agreements shall be
signed by the warden as tenant and by the
Director of the Corrections Division.
d. The facility shall provide to the warden the
following household appliances and services:
1) Kitchen appliances: Oven, refrigerator,
dishwasher.
2) Laundry appliances: Clothes washer,
clothes dryer.
3) Telephone Service: see Section VI.B.9.
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4) Window treatments: One set of blinds per
window throughout the residence. Any
additional layer or covering, such as
adding draperies over the blinds, will be
at the warden’s expense.
5) Lawn services: Lawn mowing, shrubbery
trimming, collection and disposal of
leaves and debris, normal maintenance
(fertilizing, pest control, etc.), repair
of damage (filling holes, re-planting
grass, replacing shrubs, etc.).
(a) For state-leased warden’s housing,
the facility may provide the kitchen
and laundry appliances, and window
treatments listed above when they are
not provided by the lessor. Lawn
services cannot be provided due to
restrictions on the use of inmate
labor (SOP IIB03-0001). However,
where the lessee is responsible for
lawn care, the facility may provide
the following tools, equipment and
supplies for the warden’s use:
(i) Power lawn mower. May be a
riding mower for lawns larger
than one acre and/or if
warden is physically unable
to safely operate a push
mower.
(ii) Power lawn edger (‘weed whacker’).
(iii) Power hedge trimmer.
(iv) Power leaf blower.
(v) Watering tools: water hoses,
hose nozzles, lawn
sprinklers, etc.
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(vi) Hand tools: hoes, rakes,
shovels, trowels, etc.
(vii) Lawn care chemicals:
fertilizer, insecticide, etc.
(b) All of the appliances, tools,
equipment and supplies noted in
VI.A.1.d. above will be carried on
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`the facility` ’ `s inventory. Wardens in`
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state-leased housing will follow the
applicable tool accountability
procedures. Whenever state-leased
housing is permanently vacated by the
Department, the vacating warden will
arrange for the return of all such
appliances, tools, equipment and
supplies to the facility.
(c) Exceptions to the provisions of
section VI.A.1.d. shall be made on an
individual basis by the Director of
the Corrections Division.
2. Employee Housing
a. If additional housing is available on facility
premises, such housing may be assigned by the
warden to deputy wardens with the prior
approval of the Director of the Corrections
Division. Attachment 2, the State Housing
Recommendation Form, is to be utilized for this
approval.
b. If housing is available for personnel in
addition to deputy wardens, the warden shall
appoint a HOUSING COMMITTEE to assist in the
appropriate assignment of housing. Vacant
housing will be advertised to all staff and
assignment of employee housing shall be based
on the necessity and capability of those
employees responding to situations where life,
health, safety, and/or good order of the
facility are at risk. Toward that end,
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assignment will be made according to the
following priorities:
1) Priority 1 - CERT/Tactical squad members,
correctional supervisors, institutional
fire chief, canine handlers, correctional
officers necessary for emergency response,
institutional maintenance, institutional
medical staff who are state employees (not
contract employees).
2) Priority 2 - Unit managers, institutional
food service staff.
3) Priority 3 - Other staff which meet the
goal stated in Section VI.A.2.b. above.
c. At a minimum, the membership of the Housing
Committee shall consist of the deputy warden
for administration (chair); the deputy warden
for security; and the deputy warden for care
and treatment.
d. The Housing Committee shall develop for the
warden’s approval a list of assignment criteria
subordinate to those specified in VI.A.2.b
above. The Housing Committee will use these
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`criteria to evaluate an employee` ’ `s suitability`
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for assignment to available housing, and will
recommend housing assignments to the warden
based on the evaluations.
e. Utilizing the State Housing Recommendation form
(Attachment 2), the warden will submit the
recommendation(s) for approval/disapproval to
the Director of the Corrections Division.
f. The Director of the Corrections Division will
make the final decision. He/she will return the
completed State Housing Recommendation form
(Attachment 2) to the referring warden, with a
copy to the GDC Space Management Coordinator
(Space Coordinator).
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g. Each employee assigned facility housing shall
enter into an Internal Rental Agreement
(Attachment 3) prior to moving into the
property. See Section VI.B.1.a below.
3. Housing for Farm Manager, Joe Kennedy Farm and
Administrative Operations Manager, Food Distribution
Unit
The Farm Manager of Joe Kennedy Farm and the
Administrative Operations Manager, Food Distribution
Unit shall be required, as a condition of
employment, to reside in state owned housing.
Housing for these individuals shall be provided in
the same manner as for wardens housed in state owned
housing. See Section VI.A.1. above.
B. Rental Agreements
1. Preparation and Distribution of Agreements
a. An Internal Rental Agreement form (Attachment
3) is to be completed for each occupancy of
state-owned or state-leased housing.
1) The facility Business Office (Business
Office) will prepare two copies of an
Internal Rental Agreement. The Business
Office must fill in the following
information:
(a) name of facility;
(b) facility house number or address;
(c) For trailer pad, specify whether
tenant’s trailer is single-wide or
double-wide;
(d) name of tenant and job title;
(e) effective date; and
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(f) monthly rental and utility fees if
applicable (See Section VI.B.6
below).
2) The Business Office will obtain original
signatures on both copies as follows:
(a) The tenant.
(b) The warden as recommending supervisor
if the tenant is a deputy warden or
below, OR The Director of the
Corrections Division as recommending
supervisor for wardens.
(c) Each signed copy will be an
‘original’.
3) The Business Office will give one original
to the tenant and keep the other for its
own files.
b. The lease for any state-leased warden’s housing
will be negotiated by the Space Coordinator and
the landlord.
1) After locating appropriate housing (see
Section VI.C below) available for lease,
the Business Office will request the Space
Coordinator to negotiate the terms of the
lease.
2) Any negotiations concerning the terms of
the lease will be between the landlord and
the Space Coordinator who, in conjunction
with Legal Office, will prepare a lease
for the identified property and mail three
copies to the landlord for signature and
return. The Space Coordinator will also
prepare an executive summary form for the
lease.
3) The Business Office will enter the
landlord as an authorized vendor to the
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State of Georgia, or verify that the
vendor is already so entered.
4) Upon Space Coordinator’s receipt of the
three signed original leases from the
landlord:
(a) The Space Coordinator will attach the
executive summary form and route the
entire package for review by
appropriate offices, ending with the
Legal Office.
(b) The Legal Office will execute all
three originals, complete the
executive summary, keep one original
executed lease for its own files, and
return the rest of the package to the
Space Coordinator.
5) The Space Coordinator will then:
(a) Make one copy of the executed lease
and completed executive summary for
its own files.
(b) Make and send another copy of each to
the Business Office.
(c) Send one original executed lease to
the landlord.
(d) Send one original executed lease and
the original executive summary to
Accounting.
2. Term of Internal Rental Agreements
a. Internal Rental Agreements shall begin on the
date the property is to be occupied, normally
the first day of the calendar month; and end
when the employee's employment is terminated,
when the employee fails to comply with contract
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requirements, or when the employee otherwise
vacates the property.
b. Whenever partial-month occupancy occurs, the
charge for lease and utilities will be prorated
for that period of time. Normally, partial month payments will be by direct payment from
the employee to the Business Office and not by
payroll deduction. See Section VI.B.7 below.
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`3.` `Renewal of State Leased Warden` ’ `s Housing`
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a. The Space Coordinator will contact the Business
Office approximately ninety (90) days prior to
the expiration of the current lease to
determine whether occupancy will continue. If
occupancy is to continue, the Space Coordinator
will communicate with the landlord and develop
the necessary renewal notices or new leases.
b. If a new lease is required, all parties will
proceed as described in Section VI.B.1.b. steps
(2) through (5) above.
c. If an existing lease is being renewed through
exercise of option:
1) The Space Coordinator will coordinate with
the Legal Office to draft and sign two
originals of a Contract Renewal Letter,
prepare an executive summary form for the
renewal, and route the entire package for
review by appropriate offices, ending with
the Legal Office. The Legal Office will
make one copy of the signed Contract
Renewal Letter for its own files, then
return both originals and the completed
executive summary to the Space
Coordinator.
2) The Space Coordinator will then:
(a) make one copy of the signed Contract
Renewal Letter and completed
executive summary for its own files.
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(b) Make and send another copy of each to
the Business Office.
(c) Send one original of the signed
Contract Renewal Letter to the
landlord.
(d) Send one original of the signed
Contract Renewal Letter and the
original executive summary to
Accounting.
4. Termination of Internal Rental Agreement
a. The Business Office will maintain documentation
in its file of Internal Rental Agreement
terminations.
b. The Business Office will also notify the Space
Coordinator of all such terminations.
Notifications may be made by e-mail and is to
provide institution name, house/trailer pad
number, name of employee and date of lease
termination.
5. Termination of State Leased Warden’s Housing
a. The Business Office will notify the Space
Coordinator whenever a warden needs to move
from state leased housing. This notice must be
in writing. It may be sent either in hardcopy
or via e-mail.
b. The notice of termination must include, at a
minimum, the following information:
1) Name of facility;
2) Name of warden;
3) Reason for termination;
4) Address of residence;
5) Name and phone number of landlord; and
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6) Date of intended termination.
c. The Space Coordinator will negotiate directly
with the landlord toward vacating the premises
and, if necessary, terminating the lease.
d. Normally, leases expire automatically at the
end of the fiscal year (June 30) unless a pre existing renewal option is exercised by the
Department. Termination under circumstances
other than expiration are addressed in the
lease document. If a warden desires to have
the Department terminate a lease prior to its
expiration the warden shall submit a written
request to the Director of the Corrections
Division through the Space Coordinator.
Wardens may be personally responsible for
paying any and all early termination fees and
costs that may be incurred as a result of the
early termination of the lease.
e. The Space Coordinator will coordinate with the
Legal Office to draft and sign two originals of
a letter terminating the rental agreement,
prepare an executive summary form for the
termination, and route the entire package for
review by appropriate offices, ending with the
Legal Office. The Legal Office will make one
copy of the signed termination letter for its
own files, then return both originals and the
completed executive summary to the Space
Coordinator who will then:
1) make one copy of the signed termination
letter and completed executive summary for
its own files.
2) Make and send another copy of each to the
Business Office.
3) Send one original of the signed
termination letter to the landlord.
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4) Send one original of the signed
termination letter and the original
executive summary to Accounting.
6. Rental and Utility Fees
a. Wardens, the Farm Manager of Joe Kennedy Farm
and the Administrative Operations Manager of
Food Distribution Unit shall pay no rental or
utility fees for housing provided to them.
Deputy wardens for security and chiefs of
security shall pay no rental or utility fees
for housing if they are residing in housing in
place of the warden, pursuant to above Section
VI.A.1.b.
b. The schedule of payments shown on the following
pages shall be followed by other GDC staff who
are provided housing under Sections VI.A. Such
payments are based on the appraised value of
housing which may be available on state-owned
property. Any non-GDC Staff residing in GDC
housing will pay the appraised value for such
housing.
c. All staff who pay rent will also pay taxes
(imputed income) on the difference between the
appraised value of the property or the rent
amount set for trailer pads/lots and the amount
of rent actually paid. E.g., if the appraised
value of a property is $600 per month, the
staff member would pay $150/mo. rent (25% of
$600). He/she would be taxed on $450 for that
month (the difference between $600 and $150).
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|TYPE OF HOUSING|MONTHLY RENT|MONTHLY UTILITIES|
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|`House`|`Based upon 25% of the`
`house’s`
`last`
`market`
`rental analysis.`|
`Based upon square footage`
`(sf) and location.`
`Rate is.0968 per sf for`
`below`
`facilities`
`in`
`northern part of state:`
`Arrendale SP`
`GDCP`
`Hays SP`
`Phillips SP`
`Walker SP.`
`Rate is.0953/sf for below`
`facilities in southern part`
`of state:`
`Baldwin SP`
`Bostick SP`
`GSP`
`Mens SP`
`Montgomery SP`
`Rivers SP`
`Rogers SP`
`Scott SP`
`Smith SP`
`Ware SP`
`Washington SP.`
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|TYPE OF HOUSING|MONTHLY RENT|MONTHLY UTILITIES|
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|`Trailer pad or`
`lot`|
`25% of $90.00 = $22.50 `|`Based upon assigned footage`
`and location. Single-wide`
`trailers are assigned 1,035`
`sf.`
`Double-wides`
`are`
`assigned 1,495 sf.`
`See list for House above to`
`determine whether rate is`
`.0968/sf or .0953/sf.`
`Rates`
`are`
`computed`
`differently where tenants`
`pay`
`for`
`some`
`utilities`
`directly`
`instead`
`of`
`reimbursing GDC. AtColony `
`Farmtrailer pads, rate is`
`$30 per month.`
`AtWare SPthe pad is too`
`small`
`for`
`a `
`single-wide`
`trailer. The rate there is`
`.0953/sf for the trailer’s`
`actual sf.`
`AtHancock SP all trailer`
`pad`
`utilities`
`are`
`individually`
`metered.`
`Thus,`
`the`
`tenants`
`are`
`required to pay the utility`
`providers directly and are`
`not charged by GDC.`|
|`Apartment`
`(Available`
`in`
`Milledgeville`
`only)`|
`$.77/sf, which is 20%`
`of square footage rate`
`for like property (180`
`Longino Rd.,`
`Milledgeville).`|`Rate is .0953/sf.`|
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d. Rental and utility rates will be adjusted by
the Space Coordinator every five years to
reflect any changes in the fair rental value of
the housing and utilities. The next adjustment
will be in FY 2008.
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7. Payroll Deduction
a. GDC employees are required to pay rent,
utilities, and income taxes via payroll
deduction. The employee must complete and sign
the Rent, Utility and Taxable Income Payroll
Deduction Authorization form (Attachment 1)
and submit it to the local Personnel
Representative. The local Personnel
Representative must submit this form to Central
Personnel Administration (CPA) by the 5th of
the month so as to initiate the deduction.
b. Rent, utility, and taxable income deductions
will be payroll deducted from the employee’s
salary for the pay period ending on the 15th of
each month. Deductions will be taken for the
current month . Employees may request rent,
utility, and income tax deductions to be taken
from both semi-monthly payroll checks.
Requests for such must be made in writing to
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`the facility` ’ `s personnel representative who`
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will forward them to the Department Personnel
Director.
c. Normally, partial-month payments will be by
direct payment from the employee to the
Business Office and not by payroll deduction.
d. If the rent, utility and taxable income
deduction changes, a new Rent, Utility and
Taxable Income Payroll Deduction Authorization
form (Attachment 1) must be submitted to the
local Personnel Representative and then to CPA
by the 5 [th] of the month to modify the deduction.
e. If the rent, utility and taxable income
deduction becomes no longer applicable, a new
Rent, Utility and Taxable Income Payroll
Deduction Authorization form (Attachment 1)
must be submitted to the local Personnel
representative and then to CPA by the 5 [th] of the
month to terminate the deduction.
8. Local Operating Procedures for Employee Housing
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`Construction Services - Space`
`Management`|`Effective Date:`
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Each facility with housing available for personnel
additional to the warden and deputy wardens will
develop and implement local operating procedures
that incorporate the following:
a. Keys. A procedure for the control of tenants’
keys and entry devices including issue,
accountability, repair, replacement, and
return.
b. Lawns and Grounds. Rules and guidelines
stating tenants’ responsibilities to include
maintenance of lawns and shrubbery at tenants’
expense; removal of inoperable or unregistered
vehicles from the property; removal of junk
(examples: broken appliances, unmounted wheels
or tires); and operation and parking of
vehicles so as not to damage or deface lawns.
c. Security of Trash and Garbage. Rules and
guidelines for tenants’ disposal of hazardous
chemicals, flammable liquids, dangerous devices
(examples: used syringes, incendiary or
explosive devices), medications, alcoholic
beverages, wearable clothing, and pornographic
materials to prevent misuse of such items by
inmates, small children, or others.
d. Maintenance of Buildings. Rules and guidelines
for tenants regarding interior cleanup and
sanitation; minor non-structural repairs at
tenants’ own expense; permissible alterations,
modifications, or other changes to buildings,
including changes to any installed wiring or
piping; compliance with facility restrictions
on the types of chemicals used (example: drain
de-clogger) in order to prevent damage to the
property and the environment.
1) Where tenants are permitted to use
Department materials and resources to
repaint, etc., the tenant will be limited
to those materials and resources already
used by the Department. For example, no
special-order paint will be provided.
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e. Improvements. Rules and guidelines specifying
what property improvements may be made by
tenants at their own expense, and specifying
that any such improvements will become the
property of the Department upon termination of
the rental agreement.
1) The facility may provide for tenant initiated improvements that use Department
materials and resources. However, any
improvement involving Department materials
and resources in excess of $1,000.00 must
receive prior approval from the Assistant
Commissioner.
f. Major Appliances. Rules and guidelines on the
installation and replacement of major
appliances with the aim of controlling utility
costs and ensuring safety.
g. Pest Control. Rules and guidelines on tenants’
responsibilities for treatment against rodents
and pests.
h. Pets. Rules and guidelines on permissible pets,
including use of leashes and pens, and on types
of pets that may not be kept indoors if these
pets would be destructive to facility property.
1) Rabies and other mandatory inoculations
shall be the tenant’s responsibility, and
the tenant must show proof of valid
inoculation, if so required.
i. Firearms and Fireworks. Except in line of
duty, tenants may not discharge firearms,
fireworks, or other explosive or incendiary
devices in any facility housing area.
j. Conduct of Families and Guests. Rules and
guidelines for tenants, their family members,
and their guests on standards of conduct while
on facility grounds, including interaction with
inmates and avoidance of restricted areas.
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1) Tenants shall be responsible for the
safety and good behavior of any minor
children in their care.
k. Operation of Motor Vehicles. Rules and
guidelines on the safe and orderly operation of
motor vehicles, including, as applicable, speed
limits, parking restrictions, reckless driving,
and pedestrian safety.
9. Telephone Service
The Department will furnish one fixed and one
extension phone, which may be cordless, in the state
houses (either leased or owned) of wardens, the Farm
Manager, Joe Kennedy Farm and the Administrative
Operations Manager, Food Distribution Unit. The
Department will pay for the monthly service of these
phones, with the exception of non-state business
long distance calls, for which the occupant will
reimburse the Department.
C. State Leased Housing Qualification
The monthly rental rate shall not exceed $ $1,500 for any
warden’s housing leased from a private entity. Any
exception to this must be approved by the Director of the
Corrections Division.
D. Prohibition on Personal Business
SOP IVO14-0001, Section VI.A.3. states: “Employees shall
not use state property or resources for personal
business.”
VII, RECORD RETENTION.
Attachment 1 of this SOP, upon completion, will be forwarded
to Central Personnel Administration and then placed in the
employee’s personnel file. This document will be kept
according to the official retention schedule of personnel
files. A copy will be kept in facility personnel file and
retained in accordance with retention schedule for facility
personnel files.
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Attachment 2 of this SOP will be retained by the Business
Office in accordance with the retention schedule for general
contracts.
Attachment 3 of this SOP will be retained by the Business
Office in accordance with the retention schedule for general
contracts.
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