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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06221993 - IO.6 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE r. i ,s Costa County i . .r �J June 14 199 DATE: rrl:_coVvt i SUBJECT: REPORT REGARDING MAINTENANCE OF THE JUVENILE HALL SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . ACCEPT the 'Attached , report from the Superintendent of the Juvenile Hall, the Juvenile Hall Replacement Advisory Group and the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Commission on the Maintenance of Juvenile Hall . 2 . ACKNOWLEDGE that there is an extensive work program in place currently where residents of Juvenile Hall are responsible for keeping their rooms and living areas clean and free from graffiti . 3 . AUTHORIZE expansion of the General Assistance Workfare Program where GA recipients, under the supervision of staff from the General Services Department, can perform painting, patching and related services at Juvenile Hall, as is outlined in the attached report. 4 . ENCOURAGE the County Probation Officer, through an exit interview process and by contacting retired members of his sta7ff, to explore the feasibility of forming an alumni group of retired probation officers which could help supervise residents of Juvenile Hall in doing additional maintenance work, possibly by working through the Juvenile Hall Auxiliary. 5 . REMOVE this item as a referral to our Committee as well as the referral of April 20, 1993 asking the County Probation Officer to explore the feasibility of developing a joint program with the Animal Services Department whereby some animals. could be cared for by the youth at Byron Boys ' Ranch, leaving on referral on-going oversight of the work of the Juvenile Hall Replacement Advisory Group. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD 5FSMITH E APPROVE OTHER 697, SUNNE WRIGHT McPEAK SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ONJune i 1993 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN l AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED Contact: PHIL BATCHELOLERK OF THE BOARD OF cc: See Page 2 SUPERVISORS A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY DEPUTY I .O.-6 BACKGROUND: On April 20, 1993, the Board of Supervisors approved our last report on this subject. This included directing the County Probation Officer, in consultation with the Juvenile Hall Replacement Advisory Group and the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commissions, to report to the Internal Operations Committee on June 14, 1993 with a proposal for how maintenance at the Juvenile Hall can be accomplished more quickly and less expensively with participation by the youth in the Hall . On June 14, 1993, our Committee met with Jerry Buck, County Probation Officer; Kathy Brown, Deputy General Services Director; Dennis Lepak, former Probation Department employee; Dave Grossi, Juvenile Hall Superintendent; Linda Baker, representing the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission; and Clyde Parkhurst, representing the Juvenile Hall Replacement Advisory Group. We reviewed the attached report, which was presented by Mr. Grossi, and concurred in by all of those who were present. Mr. Grossi emphasized that the residents of Juvenile Hall already do a lot of the clean-up and maintenance of their living quarters . The problem is with trying to supervise groups of residents when they are outside of their immediate living unit to do maintenance work. The alternative of having GA Workfare participants, under the supervision of the General Services Department, do the more extensive maintenance and painting is an acceptable alternative for getting Juvenile Hall cleaned up, although Supervisor McPeak expressed her disappointment that the residents could not become even more involved in the maintenance of the Juvenile Hall for the reasons which are outlined in the attached report. We have also been discouraged from pursuing the idea of letting the residents of Byron Boys ' Ranch assist in caring for animals from the Animal Services Department by the Superintendent of Byron Boys ' Ranch and are, therefore, prepared to report that referral out without action. We do wish to continue to provide oversight to the overall effort to replace Juvenile Hall and would, therefore, like to continue to retain on referral the review of the work of the Juvenile Hall Replacement Advisory Committee, which is expected to provide us with a progress report on September 13, 1993 . cc: County Administrator County Probation Officer Social Services Director General Services Director Assistant Personnel Director County Counsel George Roemer, Senior Deputy County Administrator Henry Clarke, General Manager, Local 1 -2- J -: H )MIN. ILL N0 .niU04042S54 : jull 1V . 7.! 1,4-1 IVU .VVl 1• .VL Probation Department Contra Gaw S.Suck ca,mr now an ono.. Juvenile Haft Costa Glacier Afre Martinez.Californiaalifole 0455County o nty (510)646-4800 FAX(510)646-4854 .Board of Supervisors; To: Internal Operations .+�'" DO; June 10, 1993 Committee David Grossi;;-Superintendent From Clyde Parkhurst, Juvenile Hall ���,,y; Juvenile Hall Replacement Advisory Group Maintenance Linda Baker, Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Commission Recently the Board of supervisors directed the County Probation . Officer to develop a proposal for improving the maintenance at Juvenile Hall. The Hoard's directive reads as follows: "Direct the county Probation officer, in consultation with the Juvenile Hall Replacement Advisory Group and the Juvenile Hall Justice and Delinquency Prevention comiasion, to report to the Internal Operations Committee an acne 14, 1993 with a proposal for how maintena=e at the Juvenile Hall can be accommplished. more quickly and less expensively with participation by the youth in the Hall." The authors of this report met on a number of occasions and explored different ways to meet the maintenance needs at Juvenile Hall in an efficient and cost effective manner. After considering the alternatives, including the participation of Juvenile Hall residents, we recommend that the Board endorse the utilisation of Workfare Program participants in the ongoing maintenance of Juvenile Hall. General Services Deputy Director Kathy Brown, indicates that the utilisation of Workfare Program participants to provide ongoing maintenance at Juvenile Hall is feasible. Discussions on this subject to date have revealed the following: +a Workfare participants, under the supervision of a General Services Department employee, could perform painting, patching, and related services at Juvenile Hall. Other than the direct benefit received by Juvenile Hall and other County facilities, the goal of the program will be to provide relevant job training to Workfare participants. 0 Workfare participants would be screened for their suitability to work within the confines of a secure facility entailing contact with children in custody. J .H. HUMIN. itL NO .Z)1U04048Z)4 J4tti S.. Board of Supervisors, -2- 6/10/93 Internal operations Committee 0 Discussions between management and labor have taken place regarding the concept and agreement has been reached regarding its feasibility. Much consideration was given to involving juvenile Hall residents in the ongoing maintenance of the facility. Although this concept certainly has merits, we believe utilization of Workfare participants, as described above, is the most desirable alternative. Involving youngsters in the maintenance of the Juvenile Ball would entail exposing the children to potentially caustic materials and allowing them access to tools and materials that may jeopardize their safety and the security of the facility. Given the short length of stay of many Juvenile Hall residents, attaining some sort of continuity and consistency in a maintenance program would be problematic. Maintenance personnel generally are not trained child care workers and requiring them to be responsible for the supervision and security of detained youth would not be desirable. Again, we recommend that the Board of Supervisors endorse the concept of the utilisation of Workfare Program participants in the maintenance of Juvenile Hall as we believe that this approach would be successful in helping to improve the living environment of the youth detained at the facility. DG:sa CCI Clyde Parkhurst ' Linda Baker Jerry Huck George Roemer Bill Thomas sa-ibs.�