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July 31, 2008
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #08157
BY: Public Services Committee, Jeff Potter, Chairperson
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES/COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
DEVELOPMENT OF AN OBJECTIVE PRETRIAL ASSESSMENT TOOL
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the purpose of setting bail is to ensure a defendants appearance in court and
to mitigate any risk of rearrest or dangerousness; and
WHEREAS Pretrial Services gathers and verifies information for the judicial officer
regarding factors that must be taken into consideration under MCR 6..106 when setting bail; and
WHEREAS MCR 6.106 lists these factors, but does not indicate how these factors
identify defendants who are at most and least risk of pretrial failure; and
WHEREAS the assessment of risk should be determined through a standardized,
objective tool; and
WHEREAS an objective pretrial assessment tool gives predictive value in identifying
those defendants whom are at most and least risk of pretrial failure; and
WHEREAS research shows that agencies who use only a subjective method of
assessing risk are more than twice as likely to have a jail population that exceeds its capacity;
and
WHEREAS Oakland County Pretrial Services has never used an objective tool; and
WHEREAS the pretrial population at the Oakland County Jail is generally about 40%; and
WHEREAS an objective pretrial assessment tool could assist the criminal justice system
in identifying defendants within our jail that may be able to be safely released into the community
thereby freeing jail beds for convicted and dangerous offenders; and
WHEREAS the Capital and Cooperative Initiatives Revolving Fund (CCIRF) was
established pursuant to MR# 07216; and
WHEREAS the CCIRF is designed to be used for projects that "support the initiatives that
impact the services provided to Oakland County residents through the County government and
the various cities, villages, and townships within the County."; and
WHEREAS Pretrial Services is a service provided by county government which is offered
to all the cities, villages and townships of Oakland County through the respective District COurts;
and
WHEREAS the creation of an objective pretrial risk assessment would significantly affect
the service provided to residents that have need of our service; and
WHEREAS the proposal for the development of an assessment was approved by the
Oakland County District Court Judges Association, with a majority of non-fifty second courts
supporting the proposal; and
WHEREAS this project meets all the requirements for use of CCIRF funding;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that $75,000 is allocated from the Capital
Cooperatives and Initiatives Revolving Fund (CCIRF) for the purpose of contracting with a
qualified vendor to develop an objective pretrial assessment tool.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the development of this tool may also include
recommendations regarding the streamlining of case processing.
Chairperson, on behalf on the Public Services Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE
Public Services Committee Vote:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Gingell absent
Resolution #08157 July 31, 2008
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee. There were no objections.
FISCAL NOTE (MISC.#08157) August 21, 2008
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, MIKE ROGERS, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES/COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS - DEVELOPMENT OF
AN OBJECTIVE PRETRIAL ASSESSMENT TOOL
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to rule XII-C of this Board, the Finance Committee has reviewed the
above referenced resolution and finds:
1. The proposal for the development of an assessment was approved by
the Oakland County District Court Judges Association, with a
majority of non-fifty second courts supporting the proposal.
2. This project meets all the requirements for use of CCIRF funding.
3. Funding of $75,000 for this proposal will be transferred from the
Capital Cooperative Initiatives Revolving Fund (CCIRF) to the Public
Services Community Corrections division for the purpose of
contracting with a qualified vendor to develop an objective pretrial
assessment tool.
4. A budget amendment for FY 2008 and FY 2009 is recommended as
follows:
CAP COOP INIT REV FUND (CCIRF) (#21150) FY 2008
Expenditures
9010101-112700-731458 Professional Svcs ($75,000)
9010101-112700-788001-10100 Transfer to General Fund 75,000
Total Expenditures 0
GENERAL FUND (#10100)
Revenue
1070401-113000-695500-21150 Transfer in from CCIRF $75,000
Expenditure
1070401-113000-731458 Professional Svcs $75,000
0
FINANCE COMMITTEE
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Zack and Potter absent.
Resolution #08157 August 21, 2008
Moved by Long supported by Burns the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda,
be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Burns, Coleman, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Gregory,
Greimel, Hatchett, Jacobsen, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott,
Spector, Woodward, Zack, Bullard. (24)
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).
I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
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 August
21, 2008, 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 21st day of August, 2008.
eat
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk