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Public Defender's Office recommending the Board approve Memorandum of Understanding 537-M1711 with the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado, to receive revenue related to the Recidivism Reduction Fund Court Grant Pretrial Supervision Program in the amount of $12,800 for a one (1) year term with a retroactive effective date of May 1, 2017.
FUNDING: State Funds; Superior Court to reimburse Public Defender.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Public Defender's Office recommending the Board approve Memorandum of Understanding 537-M1711 with the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado, to receive revenue related to the Recidivism Reduction Fund Court Grant Pretrial Supervision Program in the amount of $12,800 for a one (1) year term with a retroactive effective date of May 1, 2017.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado, was awarded an additional year term for the Recidivism Reduction Fund Court Grant Pretrial Supervision Program. The Public Defender's Office did not receive official notice of award of the requested grant monies in time to amend the previous MOU No. 541-F1511. The previous MOU No. 541-F1511 for the Recidivism Reduction Fund Court Grant Program Pretrial Supervision Program, was approved by the Board of Supervisors on July 21, 2015 (Item 15-0814) .
This new MOU No. 537-M1711 is for the additional one year grant period of May 1, 2017 through April 30, 2018. The MOU was drafted in May 2017 and submitted to County Counsel for review on June 2, 2017. The MOU was disapproved by County Counsel on June 6, 2017 and returned to the department for revisions. Staff worked through the revisions requested by Counsel, which included modeling the MOU after the Probation Departments MOU 524-M1511, obtaining approval from the Judicial Counsel and amending the contract language relating to inappliable provisions and resubmitted a revised MOU 537-M1711 to Counsel on August 16, 2017. The MOU wa...
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