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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS �,(��}
FROM: M. G. Wingett, County Administrator Contra
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County DATE: October 14 , 1983 County
SUBJECT: Accept American Justice Institute Reports
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
Accept reports submitted to the Board of Supervisors August 2 , 1983 , by the
American Justice Institute (AJI) as completion of their contract entered
September 1, 1982 , and authorize the County Auditor-Controller to make final
payment of $816. 31 for contract services totalling $12 ,099.
BACKGROUND
On September 1, 1982 , your Board of Supervisors entered into an agreement
with the American Justice Institute for provision of contract services that
would provide to the County technical assistance to better• cope with law and
justice systems problems. The cost of the contract was $12 , 099 to Contra
Costa County and a combination of $12, 901 to the Counties of Santa Barbara
and Napa. AJI performed an overall statistical evaluation of all 58 counties
and commented in general terms concerning specific areas in Contra Costa
County that needed further study and analysis. AJI has submitted four
reports which have been distributed to your Board, members of law and justice
departments, and others that expressed an interest in this product.
The law and justice departments were requested to analyze the results of the
reports and provide their comments to this office so that we could summarize
their views and present them to you. We have received responses from the
major law and justice departments and the general consensus is that AJI has
provided significant information that can be used as a resource for solution
of problems in the law and justice area.
A contract requirement is that AJI provide technical assistance to solve
specific justice services budget reduction problems. For this purpose, AJI
submitted Report No. 4 entitled, "Tri-County Justice Pilot Project" which
deals in some depth concerning controlling or eliminating costs; use of
court commissioners , referees and members of the bar to adjudicate ever
increasing workload; uniform administration of municipal courts on a county-
wide basis; suggestions concerning improvement of the jury management system;
an overview of court reporting problems and associated costs; use of tele-
vision for arraignment and other purposes in the court and detention system
and a brief discussion of other matters including increasing revenues and
improvements to the Probation and Court paper processing systems. The law
and justice departments commented on these individual reports and indicated
that we have either already implemented systems similar to those being sug-
gested, are looking into implementation of these systems, or have examined
and discarded the idea (s) as unworkable in Contra Costa County. Overall it
is our view that AJI has completed the terms of the contract, although
immediate improvement of components of the law ancl justice sys m may n e
achievable. SIGNATUR f/
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON 9 83 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORSONTHE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Administrator ATTESTED
Auditor-Controller J.R. OLSSON, COUNTY C ERK
Law & Justice Depts. AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BffD
AJI _ 1 b y
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