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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03141989 - 1.5 (2) • I. Su • V1 `THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on March 14 1989 , by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers, Fanden, McPeak, Torlakson. NOES: None. ABSENT: Supervisor Schroder. ABSTAIN: None . SUBJECT: .Major Narcotic Vendor Prosecution (MNVP) PROGRAM - CCDA-NET RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD 89/-159 WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors, Contra Costa County, desires to undertake a certain project designated CONTRA COSTA DA-NET, to be funded in part from funds made available through the Major Narcotic Vendor Prosecution (MNVP) Program administered by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning (hereinafter referred to as OCJP). ;NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the District Attorney of the County of Contra Costa is authorized, on its behalf to submit the attached proposal to OCJP and is authorized to execute on behalf of the Board of Supervisors the attached Grant Award Agreement includaing any extensions or amendments thereof. IT IS AGREED that any liability arising out of the performance of this Grant Award Agreement, including civil court actions or damages, shall be the responsibility of the grant recipient and the authorizing agency. The State of California and OCJP disclaim responsibility for any such liability. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant expenditures controlled by this body. 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: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator a Deputy By CC: Orig. Department : District Attorney (5 certified copies) County Administrator, Attn: George Roemer Auditor-Controller RESOLUTION NO. 89/159 MNVP2 .DOC/R 1.--050 TTO� BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Gary T. Yancey Contra District Attorney DATE '. February 28 , 1989 SUBJECT: Approval For Submission and Execution of ContractWi the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning For Funding of Contra Costa DA-NET (Major Narcotic Vendor Prosecution Program) For the Period July 1 , 1989 to June 30 1990 SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION I. RECOMMENDED ACTION Authorize the District Attorney to submit an application and execute a grant , award contract with the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning for funding of Contra Costa DA-NET (Major Narcotic Vendor Prosecution Project) for the period July 1, 1989 to June 30, 1990, in the amount of $125,000 (State funds - budgeted). II. FINANCIAL IMPACT This grant contract will be in the amount of $125,00 to fund salaries and benefits for an attorney and an investigator for the project. State funds of $125,000 have already been included in the District Attorney's 1989/90 allocation for this purpose. Since the project began six months ago, 27 defendants meeting the criteria are currently being prosecuted by project staff. This includes ten drug lab operators, six drug wholesalers, three cultivators, and six major drug retailers. III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND The goal of this project is to enhance prosecution of major drug dealers, producers and distributors through vertical prosecution, thereby increasing the likelihood of convicting offenders and ensuring appropriate sentences for such offenders. Chapter 1424, Statutes of 1984, authorized this State program and set forth basic guidelines for the program. A case qualifies for the program if the defendant is charged with one of the enumerated offenses and is a financier of an illegal drug operation, a laboratory operator, a wholesaler, a head of a criminal organization involved in the sale or distribution of illegal drugs, the head of a structured drug distribution organization or a cultivator, distributor, retailer or key conspirator in a case involving significant amounts of illegal drugs. State policies require project staff to use all reasonable prosecutorial efforts to resist pretrial release of eligible defendants, to persuade the court to impose the most severe sentences authorized upon conviction, and to reduce the time between arrest and disposition of charges. Juvenile offenders may not be the subjects of prosecution by this grant program. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT; X YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATIONth OARD C M ITTEE APPROVE OTHER - SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON March 14, - 1989 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT III ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. cc: District Attorney ATTESTED _ March 14, 1989 County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Attn: George Roemer SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR County Auditor-Controller MNVPI .DOC/R BY � ,� M382%7-83 DEPUTY r IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTIONS Failure to approve this recommendation would result An the loss of $125,000 in, State funds available to combat major narcotics trafficking in Contra Costa County.