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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2008.07.22 - 36279Jeff Potter Chairperson John A. Scott Majority Vice Chairperson Marcia Gershenson Minority Vice Chairperson July 22, 2008 Chairperson Potter called the meeting of the Public Services Committee to order at 1:32 p.m. in Committee Room A, Commissioners’ Wing, County Service Center, Pontiac, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT : Potter Jeff Potter, John A. Scott, Marcia Gershenson, Tom Middleton, David W. Potts, Vincent Gregory, Tim Burns, and Karen Spector COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE: Michael Gingell OTHERS PRESENT Sheriff’s Office Dale Cunningham, CFO Captain Mark Newman Human Resources Brenthy Johnston, Analyst Dana Cosby, Analyst Connie Srogi, Analyst Fiscal Services Tim Soave, manager Robert Riegal, Analyst Circuit Court Kevin Oeffner, Court Administrator Pamela Davis, Deputy Administrator Probate Court Rebecca Schnelz, Court Administrator Community Corrections Barb Hankey, Manager Bob Gatt, Chief Field Ops Eric Schmidt, Supervisor Oakland Schools Carolyn Claerhout, Manager Larry Thomas, Director School Quality Board of Commissione rs Lawrence Doyle, Administrative Director Harvey Wedell, BOC Senior Analyst Nancy Wenzel, Committee Coordinator Chairperson Potter led the Committee in the Pledge of Allegiance. Scott moved to amend the agenda by adding, as Item 4, Circuit Court/Civil/Criminal and Fami ly 2008 Adult and Juvenile Drug Court Reorganization. Supported by Gershenson. OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1200 N. TELEGRAPH ROAD, PONTIAC, MI 48341-0470 Telephone (248) 858 -0100 FAX (248) 858 -1572 PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Tom Middleton Michael J. Gingell David W. Potts Vincent Gregory Tim Burns Karen Spector Motion carried on a voice vote. PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 2 July 22, 2008 APPROVAL OF THE JULY 8, 2008 MINUTES Burns moved to approve the Minutes o f July 8, 2008 as printed. Supported by Scott. Motion carried on a voice vote. PUBLIC COMMENT None. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES/COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS – DEVELOPMENT OF AN OBJECTIVE PRETRIAL ASSESSMENT TOOL Pretrial Services gathers and verifies information for the judicial officer regarding factors that must be taken into consideration when setting bail. An objective pretrial assessment tool could assist the criminal justice system in identifying defendants within the jail that may be able to be safely released into the community thereby freeing jail beds for convicted and dangerous offenders. This resolution requests $75,000 from the Capital Cooperatives and Initiatives Revolving Fund for the purpose of cont racting with a qualified vendor to develop an objective pretrial assessment tool for Oakland County. Gregory moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gershenson. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Gingell absent. CIRCUIT COURT AND PROBATE COURT – FISCAL YEAR 2008 CIRCUIT AND PROBATE COURT’S REPLACEMENT OF COURT REPORTERS WITH AUDIO VIDEO DIGITAL COURT RECORDING SYSTEMS Over the next two years the Circuit and Probate Courts intend to convert four courtrooms to video reco rding and eliminate four court reporter positions. This resolution authorizes a one time appropriation of approximately $200,000 from the Designated Fund Balance for the purchase of four Audio Video Digital Court Recording Systems. The Equipment Fund is responsible for all incidental r eplacements and a support contract to maintain the systems of approximately $3,000 per system per year. The useful life of a system is five to ten years. The Courts plan to have all four systems installed and operational by no later than January 1, 2009 Middleton moved approval of the attached suggested res olution. Supported by Spector. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Gingell absent. SHERIFF’S OFFICE – NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT TEAM (NET) INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE VILLAGE OF BEVERLY HILLS The Village of Beverly Hills is requesting the approval of an Interlocal Agreement to participate in NET under the direction of the Sheriff. The Interlocal Agreement has been approved by Corporation Counsel. In addition one unmarked vehicle with radio and prep will be added to the County fleet. Gershenson moved approval of the attached suggested resol ution. Supported by Middleton. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Gingell absent. PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 3 July 22, 2008 CIRCUIT COURT/CIVIL/CRIMINAL AND FA MILY 2008 ADULT AND JUVENILE DRUG COURT REORGANIZATION The Circuit Court has reviewed their current business practices and identified several changes that could increase efficiency and lower operation al costs without impacting the services currently provided to the clients of the Adult and Juvenile Drug Court programs. It is proposed to combine the Adult and Juvenile Drug Program Courts by combining the duties of both the Adult and Juvenile Drug Court Community Service Coordinators into one position by upwardly reclassifying a Community Service Coordinator position to a Youth & Family Casework Supervisor position and to create a SR full -time eligible Technical Assistant position in the Family Court Services unit. To offset the cost it is proposed to delete a SR PTNE Technical Aide position in the Circuit Court Family division and one SR FTE Community Service Coordinator position in the Circuit Court Civil/Criminal division. Potts moved approval of the attached suggested resol ution. Supported by Gregory. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Gingell absent. OAKLAND SCHOOLS – ANTI-BULLYING PROGRAM PRESENTATION At the Committee’s request Carolyn Claerhout and Larry Thomas of Oakland Schools attended the meeting to discuss the Anti-Bullying programs offered to Oakland County School Districts. Oakland Schools has been coordinating their efforts on school safety issues to ensure all areas of school safety requested by districts are being addressed and have established a website containing an abundance of information. There are four departments providing a variety of curriculum assessments, Pauline Pruneau is available to provide technical assistance and training to districts requesting this information while Jennifer O’Connor provides information for the Second Step program for children at risk of preschool expulsion. The office of Safe Schools provides many resources, Bullying is one specific component, for school districts and can be contacted at 248-209-2345. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS Scott moved to Receive & File Items A – C. A. Circuit Court/Friend of the Court FY 2008 – Cooperative Reimbursement Contract Application B. Prosecuting Attorney – FY 2009 Cooperative Reimbursement Program (CRP) Grant application C. HAVEN-Safe Therapeutic Assault Response Team (START) Program Supported by Potts. Motion carried on a voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT There being no other business to come before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m. _________________________________ _________________________________ Nancy Wenzel, Committee Coordinator Lawrence M. Doyle, Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee appro val.