HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2006.04.06 - 28063REPORT (misc. Moo April 6, 2006
BY: General Government Committee, William Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #06050 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR SECOND
CHANCE ACT OF 2005 TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY SAFETY THROUGH RECIDIVISM
PREVENTION
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above-titled
resolution on March 27, 2006, recommends that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move acceptance
of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Gregory absent.
Miscellaneous Resolution #06050
BY: Commissioners Mattie Hatchett, District #10 and Eric S. Wilson, District #3
RE: Board of Commissioners - Support for Second Chance Act of 2005 to Provide
Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Second Chance Act of 2005: Community Safety Through Recidivism
Prevention amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
reauthorize, rewrite, and expand provisions regarding adult and juvenile offender reentry
demonstration projects; and
WHEREAS the Second Chance Act of 2005 authorizes funds to: (1) provide structured
post-release housing and transitional housing; (2) facilitate specified collaboration to
promote the employment of people released from prison and jail; (3) carry out programs
that support children of incarcerated parents; and (4) establish or expand the use of
reentry courts; and
WHEREAS House Resolution 1704 and Senate Bill 1934 are both federal bills that have
been introduced to reauthorize the grant program of the Department of Justice for reentry
of offenders into the community and to establish a task force on Federal programs and
activities relating to the reentry of offenders; and
WHEREAS Oakland County recognizes the importance of efforts to reduce recidivism
rates for ex-offenders and improving the transition for these offenders from prison back
into the community; and
WHEREAS research demonstrates the effectiveness of improved family relationships in
reducing recidivism and preventing children from committing crimes. Improved outcomes
for returning offenders is strongly linked to improved family stability. Stronger family
interactions will result in lower recidivism for offenders and fewer children of offenders
committing crimes; and
WHEREAS the Second Chance Act of 2005 will provide a second chance for these ex-
offenders, and the children and families that depend on them. It's about strengthening
communities and ensuring safe neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS a relatively modest investment in offender reentry efforts compares very well
with the costly alternative of building more and more prisons for these ex-offenders to
return to if they are unable to successfully reenter their communities and instead are
rearrested and reconvicted of more crimes; and
WHEREAS the Second Chance Act of 2005 also requires that federal departments with
a role in offender reentry efforts to coordinate and work together; to make sure there aren't
duplicative efforts or funding gaps; and to coordinate reentry research.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
hereby supports federal legislation to authorize the Second Chance Act of 2005:
Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board Clerk/Register of Deeds is
requested to forward a copy of this adopted resolution to the Senate Judiciary Committee,
House Judiciary Committee, House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland
Security, House Education and the Workforce Committee, House Subcommittee on 21 st
Century Competitiveness, House Subcommittee on Select Education, the Oakland County
delegation to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate and
the Oakland County legislative lobbyists.
Ch-irperson, we mc e the -ooption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #06050 March 9, 2006
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
Resolution #06050 April 6, 2006
Moved by Potter supported by Gershenson the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda
be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Molnar,
Moss, Nash, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Wilson, Woodward, Zack,
Bullard. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda
were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
INT RENE CORY BEM ACill
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 April 6, 2006, 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 6th day of April, 2006.
Rutht4ohnton, County Clerk