HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08252009 - SD.3RECOMMENDATION(S):
A. OPEN the public hearing, receive testimony, and CLOSE the hearing. B. ADOPT
Resolution No. 2009/327 authorizing the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to increase fees for
the Office of the Sheriff Custody Alternative Program effective August 26, 2009.
C. ADOPT Policies and Procedures of the Office of the Sheriff's Work Alternative Program.
D. ADOPT Policies and Procedures of the Office of the Sheriff's Electronic Home
Detention Program.
E. ADOPT Policies and Procedures of the Office of the Sheriff's County Parole Program
(Maximum Supervision Parole Program)
FISCAL IMPACT:
$239,825 increase in revenue. An increase in Custody Alternative Program fees is expected
to result in a county subsidy offset, from 52% to 42%.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 08/25/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:Hearing continued to Septembrer15, 2009
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE: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: Eileen Devlin,
(925) 335-1557
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: August 25, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Katherine Sinclair, Deputy
cc:
SD.3
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Warren Rupf, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:August 25, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:HEARING to ADOPT Resolution 2009/327 increasing fees for the Office of the Sheriff Custody Alternative
Program
BACKGROUND:
Penal Code Section 4024.2(e) specifies that the Board of Supervisors may prescribe rules
and regulations under which a work release program is operated. Penal Code Section
1203.016(d)(1) specifies that the rules, regulations, and administrative policy of the
Electronic Home Detention Program shall be written and reviewed on an annual basis by
the County Board of Supervisors and the Correctional Administrator. In 1983, the Board
of Supervisors established the Custody Alternative Program. As a condition of
participation in the Custody Alternative Program, the inmate shall give his or her consent
in writing to comply with the rules and regulations of the program. The policies and
procedures must be approved by the Board annually. There are no changes to policies
and procedures from when the Board last took action on June 17, 2008 (Item SD.3).
However, fees to participating inmates must cover the costs of providing alternatives to
custody, such as the Work Alternative Program and Electronic Home Detention. To that
end, the Office of the Sheriff requests increases to the following fees, without which the
costs of providing these alternatives will be borne by the County.
• Work Alternative Program minimum program fee from $12.00 to $15.00 per day. For
participants earning more than $15.00 per hour, the fee will be based on one hour’s salary
per day.
• Electronic Home Detention and County Parole Program from $15.00 to $20.00 per
participant per day. For participants who earn more than $20.00 per hour, the fee will be
based on one hour’s salary per day.
• Alcohol monitoring fee from $10.00 to $12.00 per day.
• Transdermal alcohol monitoring fee will be set at $15.00 per day, or one hour’s salary,
whatever is greater.
• Use of any additional equipment as part of the Electronic Home Detention Program will
be based on equipment costs up to an additional $5.00 per day.
• Urine analysis will be set at $6.00 per test.
• Application fee from $100.00 to $125.00.
The fees have been set based on facility overhead costs, along with associated daily fees
for each type of equipment. The policy of the Office of the Sheriff is to not turn away any
indigent participant or revoke participation on a demonstrated inability to pay.
Additionally, in 1987, the County Parole Board established new parole regulations that
included the Maximum Supervision Parole Program. The authority to establish the
program and set fees is granted by the Board of Supervisors in Penal Code Section 3074.
There are no changes in the County Parole Program.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to increase the fees charges for the Custody Alternative Program will require
continued general fund subvention and a deficit in the Office of the Sheriff-Coroner's
budget. Without this program, the County will incur a much more expensive alternative
of holding participants in physical custody.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2009/327
Notice of Public Hearing