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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR Contra
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County Administrator Costa
DATE: June 18, 1985 County
.SUBJECT: CONTRACT WITH CONTRA COSTA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION FOR CONFLICT „`r
DEFENSE SERVICES
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Approve the contract with the Contra Costa County Bar Association in the amount of $163,000
for the period July 1, 1985 through August 31, 1985 for conflict defense services and
authorize the Chair to execute a contract on behalf of the County.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funds are included in the Proposed Budget for 1985/86. The recommended action has no
additional financial impact.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
In 1983, your Board directed the County Administrator to organize a Task Force to explore
new options for Contra Costa County to use in handling indigent defense cases involving
Public Defender conflicts of interest. The Board's aim was to control the escalating
costs of court appointed counsel in these conflict cases. After careful study, the Task
Force on Court Appointed Counsel recommended that the County pursue a contract with the
Contra Costa County Bar Association for legal representation of conflict defense services.
Your Board adopted this recommendation and executed a contract with the Bar Association for
these services in 1984/85. That contract expires June 30, 1985.
A two-month contract is recommended to continue the Bar Association's conflict defense into
fiscal year 1985/86. The body of the contract differs only in minor details from the
1984/85 contract approved by your Board. The fee schedule for this two-month contract is
the same as used in 1984/85. A two-month contract is recommended while the County Adminis-
trator's Office negotiates with the Bar Association concerning the impact of a new fee
schedule proposed by the Association.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the recommended contract is not approved, appointment and payment of private attorneys
.for conflict cases will revert to the method used before the 1984/85 contract and become
a responsibility of the judges again.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
X_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATORRECOMMENDATI F ARD COMMITTEE
X_ APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) ,4 ,
ACTION OF BOARD ON ` APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISO ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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