HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07212009 - SD.4RECOMMENDATION(S):
OPEN the public hearing, receive testimony, and CLOSE the hearing.
ADOPT Ordinance No. 2009-23 authorizing the Probation Department to charge a daily fee
of $17 for electronic surveillance of minors who are under Probation Department
supervision.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Adoption of this ordinance is expected to result in estimated new annual revenue of
$301,563 to recover a portion of the costs of providing electronic surveillance of minors
who are under Probation supervision. Although it is improbable that the new fee will fully
recover costs of this service, the Electronic Monitoring Program continues to be a
cost-effective alternative to more expensive incarceration, and a valuable disposition option
to the Superior Court in the adjudication of minors. The new revenue will mitigate the
impact of pending state cuts to Probation Department funding.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/21/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Paula Hernandez
3-4149
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: July 21, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
SD. 4
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Lionel D. Chatman, County Probation Officer
Date:July 21, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Cost of Electronic Surveillance of Minors
BACKGROUND:
Currently, the Probation Department does not collect for the cost of electronic
surveillance of minors who are under Probation supervision. The attached ordinance
authorizes the Probation Department to charge an electronic monitoring fee of up to $17
per day. The Ordinance authorizes the Probation Department to charge the fee only if the
juvenile court orders a minor's relatives, their estates, or the minor's estate to pay the fee.
(Welf. & Inst. Code, 903.2(a)). Welfare and Institutions Code section 903.2(b) allows the
fee to be charged on a person or estate only if the person or estate has the financial ability
to pay. (Welf. & Inst. Code, 903.2(b).). Under the attached ordinance, no person or estate
ordered to pay the fee will pay an amount that exceeds the financial ability of that person
or estate to pay.
The Probation Department has a contract with Behavioral Interventions, Inc. ("BI") for
BI to provide electronic monitoring equipment, installation, collection services, and
technical support. A portion of the actual costs incurred by the Probation Department to
provide this type of Probation supervision will be recovered if this Ordinance is adopted.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance 2009-23
Public Hearing Notice
Rate Calculation
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers,
O’Brien Administration Building, 651 Pine Street, Martinez, California, to consider
adopting a fee of $17 per day for electronic surveillance of minors who are under
probation supervision. Oral and written presentations can be made at the
hearing.
David Twa,
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
and County Administrator
By:_______________________
Deputy