HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01311984 - 1.26 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on January 31 , 1984 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fanden, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: Court Appointed Counsel
The Board having received a January 30, 1984 memorandum
from M. G. Wingett, County Administrator, providing a status
report on contract negotiations with the Contra Costa County Bar
Association relative to court appointed counsel in indigent cases
pursuant to Penal Code Section 987. 2; and
Mr. Wingett having noted that expenditures for the
1983-1984 fiscal year are estimated to be at $1 ,380,000 (approxi-
mately $50,000 more than last year) and having referred to a
request for appropriation of $48.0 ,000 for Budget Unit 0248; and
Board members having expressed concern with the impact;
this allocation could have on the reserves in view of the County's
budget deficit and having concurred that this matter should be
reviewed by a Board committee;*
IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that receipt of said status
report is ACKNOWLEDGED and that the request for an appropriation
of $480,000 is REFERRED to the Finance Committee (Supervisors
Schroder and McPeak) for review and recommendation.
hereby certify that this is s trua and correct ccpy of
an action tak n and eniered on the rn!"u:ts 0 t:ac
Board of 3upersiscrc on We dafo thown.
ATTESTED: V 4a I98*l
J.R. dr OLSSON, COUNTY CLERK
and ex olflclo Cicrk of the Board
By , Deputy
Orig. Dept: Clerk of the Board
CC: Finance Committee
County Administrator
Auditor-Controller
Director CJA
OFFICE OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR L C E I VE D
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
Administration Building J A 14 3 11994
Martinez, California J. R. OLSSON
BO OF SUPERVISORS
70: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Date. January 30, 1984 g .. COSTA
From: M. G. WINGETT /�L�i Subject: STATUS REPORT ON BUDGET UNIT 0248
County Administrator AND CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE
BAR ASSOCIATION
On your January 31, 1984 agenda, item 1.26 represents an appropriation adjustment
of $480,000 to provide for court appointed counsel in indigent cases pursuant to
Penal Code Section 987.2. As you know, in the 1983/84 Final Budget, $900,000
was budgeted for this purpose. Final expenditures for fiscal year 1982/83 were
$1,328,089. Based upon July through December 1983 data, it is estimated that
expenditures for fiscal year 1983/84 will be $1,380,000, which is approximately
$50,000 more than last year. Our reports to you have indicated that this
budget unit would likely require about an additional $500,000 this fiscal year;
this adjustment makes provision for this requirement.
This Office (assisted by the Public Defender's Office and County Counsel) has
made progress in negotiating a contract with the Bar Association for conflict
defense services. The objective has been an improved, and less costly, system
of providing court appointed counsel services. Through a series of meetings
with Bar Association representatives, consensus has been reached on many of the
County's specifications, which the Bar had failed to address in its previous
proposals. Some of the items, such as utilization of attorneys and investigators
have efficiency and cost-saving implications. The major unresolved items at this
time are payment limit and attorney fee schedule. We are hopeful that agreement
can be reached in the next four to six weeks.
Staff is currently drafting a revised proposed contract between the County and
the Bar Association. This will serve as a basis for what we hope will be our
final negotiations with the Bar, leading to approval of a contract. The Bar
anticipates a gearing-up phase of approximately three months before any contract
can be operational. This time is needed to (1) hire a project director, and
(2) to develop a panel of participating attorneys necessary for operation of
the contract. A consideration is that each attorney participating in the program
must sign an agreement with the Bar which incorporates the conditions in the
contract and rules and regulations pertaining to such participation, including
the fee schedule. The overall timetable is such then that relatively little
impact of the revised system will be felt in the current fiscal year.
If such final negotiations do not prove fruitful, we intend to recommend to
your Board that this Office be authorized to proceed with establishment of a
County Office of Alternate Defense to handle conflict cases.
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' APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT(01P,
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ACCOUNT CODING I. DEPARTMENT OR ORGANIZATION UNIT: u2T �O�NTfia Fr�ISC CO��{-$�
ORGANIZATION SUB-OBJECT 2. FIXED ASSET
OBJECT OF EXPENSE OR FIXED ASSET ITEM N0. QUANTITY DECREAS> INCREASE
0248 2310 Professional/Specialized Service 6,000
0248 2313 Outside Attorney Fees 474,000
0990 6301 Reserve for Contingency 480,000
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APPROVED 3. EXPLANATION OF REQUEST
AUDITOR-CONTROL ER `
To provide for court appointed defense in indigent
By: Date_14susyl cases pursuant to Penal Code Section 987.2
pending negotiation of alternate method of
COUNTY ADISTRATOR providing such mandated service.
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By: Date
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
YES:
NO:
On
Deputy County
J.R. OLSSON, CLERK Administrator 1 /25/84
816NA URE TLE DATE
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