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Consider the recommended naming of the new Classroom and Vocational Training Center, under construction at 2456 Clay Bank Road in Fairfield, as the Rourk Vocational Training Center
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Sheriff recommends that the Board of Supervisors consider formally naming the new Classroom and Vocational Training Center, under construction at 2456 Clay Bank Road in Fairfield, as the Rourk Vocational Training Center.
SUMMARY:
The Board of State and Community Corrections defers the naming of new state-financed facilities to the local jurisdiction. The Sheriff's Office vetted proposed names and recommended the new vocational center building be named after Lieutenant Margaret L. (Peggy) Rourk to honor her pioneering legacy and years of exemplary service. Lieutenant Rourk was the first female Commander of a jail facility in Solano County heading the Claybank Detention Facility for many years and was an early leader advocating for training, education and rehabilitation. Sheriff Thomas A. Ferrara, the Senate Bill 1022 (SB 1022) Work Group and the SB 1022 Project Steering Committee supports the recommendation to rename the SB 1022 Classroom and Vocational Training Center the Rourk Vocational Training Center.
The buildings currently under construction at the County's Clay Bank campus financed by Senate Bill 1022, the Adult Local Criminal Justice Facilities Construction Program, are designated as the SB 1022 Classroom and Vocational Training Center in project records and agreements. The SB 1022 Classroom and Vocational Training Center will allow for a significant increase in participation of existing inmate jail programs and will allow for the expansion of new programming including training of adult offenders in vocational education, truck/bus driving, green energy installation and maintenance, automotive maintenance, building trades and cu...
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