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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2003.09.04 - 27369REPORT (misc. #03229) September 4, 2003 BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson IN RE: MR #03229— BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS DIVISION FUNDING LEVELS To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution #03229 on August 25, 2003, reports with a recommendation that the resolution be adopted. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move acceptance of the foregoing report. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE (44,,12, General Government Committee Vote: Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. Comynissioner Peter H. Webster MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 03229 By: Commissioners Peter H. Webster, District #18 and Hugh D. Crawford, District #9 IN RE: Board of Commissioners - Community Corrections Division Funding Levels TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS Oakland County established the Community Corrections Division in 1994 under Public Act 511 of 1988; and WHEREAS the purpose of PA 511 is to fund qualifying community correction alternative programs that reduce state prison commitments by encouraging participation of offenders likely to be sentenced to imprisonment in a state correctional facility or jail, who would not increase the risk to public safety, have not demonstrated a pattern of violent behavior, and do not have a criminal record that indicates a pattern of violent behavior; and WHEREAS Oakland County has maintained a prison commitment rate below that of the statewide average since 1994; and WHEREAS the State grant award for Plans & Services to Oakland County has remained stagnant from 2000 - 2003, despite the fact that the County has consistently met the state's objectives, and the funding demands on the County's Community Corrections has increased substantially; and WHEREAS the Oakland County Community Corrections Division has been forced to leave 2.5 positions vacant in FY 2003 due to insufficient State grant funds in Plans & Services; and WHEREAS the State has set an objective for the County to further reduce its prison commitment rate (from 21% to 16%) which would require the County to keep an additional 200 to 250 offenders locally at a cost of $4.0 million, but the State has recommended only a $6,000 increase in Plans & Services for 2004 to meet this objective; and WHEREAS the County has committed significant financial resources over the years to the goals and objectives of Community Corrections and towards the establishment of a State and Local partnership, including over $10 million in a new work release facility that has recently opened. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests the Michigan Department of Corrections/Office of Community Corrections, through the State Board, to reallocate funds to Oakland County Community Corrections in the amount of $135,000 bringing the total state award for Plans & Services in FY 2004 to $1,612,131. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this action would demonstrate the State's renewed commitment to this partnership, and thereby reinforce the Board of Commissioner's decision to continue with the partnership beyond FY 2004. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk forward copies of this adopted resolution to the Governor of the State of Michigan, the Michigan Department of Community Corrections, the Oakland County delegation to the state legislature and Oakland County's legislative lobbyists. ioner Hugh D. Crawford Disttict #18 District #9 ptd1A4 (1,„, d // Resolution #03229 August 14, 2003 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections. G. William Caddell, County Clerk Resolution #03229 September 4, 2003 Moved by Wilson supported by Jamian the resolutions on the Consent Agenda, as amended, be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted). AYES: Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, Knollenberg, KowaII, Law, Long, McMillin, Middleton, Moffitt, Moss, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Webster, Wilson, Zack, Bullard. (24) NAYS: None. (0). A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda, as amended, were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted). DOES NOT REQUIRE CORM EXECUTIVE ACTION STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, G. William Caddell, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on September 4, 2003, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County. of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 4th day of September, 2003.