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District Attorney recommending the Board approve Memorandum of Understanding 540-M1711 with the El Dorado County Superior Court for the Recidivism Reduction Fund Court Grant Program Pretrial Supervision Program in the amount of $21,254 for a one (1) year term with a retroactive effective date of May 1, 2017.
FUNDING: State Funds; Superior Court to reimburse District Attorney.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
District Attorney recommending the Board approve Memorandum of Understanding No. 540-M1711 with the El Dorado County Superior Court (Court).
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 District Attorney's Office did not receive official notice of award of the requested grant monies in time to amend the previous MOU No. 545-M1510. The previous MOU No. 545-M1510 was approved by the Board of Supervisors on August 11, 2015 and was for a term of April 30, 2015 through April 30, 2017.
The new MOU No. 540-M1711 is for the additional one year grant period of May 1, 2017 through April 30, 2018. Under the MOU, the Superior Court will reimburse the District Attorney for one .21% full-time equivalent Paralegal and one 10.5% full-time equivalent Legal Office Assistant, for the support of the program with notifications and assistance to victims within the District Attorney's office and support to the Deputy District Attorney with intake, filings and case assignments.
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 inapplicable provisions and resubmitted a revised MOU 540-M1711 to Counsel on August 16, 2017. The MOU was approved by Counsel on October 4, 2017 and is being presented to the Courts and Board of Supervisors for approval and signature. The El Dorado County Superior Court has confirmed they will sign the agreement with the effective date of May 1, 2017.
ALTERNATIVES
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OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado
CAO RECOMMENDATION
Approve as recommended.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There will be no change to Net County Cost. This funding has been included in the FY 2017-18 budget.
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
Obtain Board signature on two original copies of MOU No. 540-M1711 and return one copy to the Chief Administrative Office.
STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT
Public Safety
CONTACT
Vern Pierson, District Attorney
Suzanne N. Kingsbury, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado