HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2005.03.23 - 27920MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #405059 March 24, 2005
BY: Public Services Committee, Jeff Potter, Chairperson
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - EXTENSION OF THE REPORTING DEADLINE FOR THE
JAIL POPULATION MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Miscellaneous Resolution #04179 established a Jail Population Management (JPM)
Task Force charged with development of a Jail Population Management Plan to reduce dependencies
upon the local corrections system, to expedite the processing of criminal cases, and to recommend jail
population management policies; and
WHEREAS Miscellaneous Resolution #04179 required the Task Force to report back to the
Board of Commissioners no later than December 1 : 2004; and
WHEREAS the JPM Task Force began its work on September 28, 2004, and established five
study groups to address various components of its charge, including Docket Management, Pre-Trial, Jail
Space, Jail/Court Data and Jail Alternatives; and
WHEREAS Commissioner Eric Wilson, Chairman of the JPM Task Force, together with Sheriff
Michael Bouchard and Chief Judge of the Circuit Court Wendy Potts, formally requested assistance from
the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) to perform a Jail Crowding Local System Assessment; and
WHEREAS in anticipation of the NIC's performance of an on-site assessment, Miscellaneous
Resolution #05001 was adopted on January 6, 2005, to continue the JPM Task Force, establishing a
reporting date of March 30, 2005; and
WHEREAS the National Institute of Corrections has now scheduled a three-day assessment of
jail operations for April 5 - April 7, 2005; and
WHEREAS the JPM Task Force would like to take into consideration the findings of the NIC
prior to its final recommendations being presented.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
authorizes that the reporting date for the Jail Population Management Task Force be extended to June 1,
2005.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Services Committee, I move adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE
Public Services Committee Vote:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Zack and Middleton absent.
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk
Resolution #05059 March 24, 2005
Moved by Moss supported by Gregory the resolutions on the Consent Agenda, be adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, KowaII, Melton,
Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Nash, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Wilson,
Woodward, Zack, Bullard. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda, were adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
I HEREBY APPROVE THE MONO BRUM
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, 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 March 24, 2005
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 24th day of March, 2005.