ADOPTED - APRIL 27, 1999

Agenda Item No. 24

Introduced by the Law and Courts and Finance Committees of the

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE INGHAM COUNTY'S PORTION OF THE JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY INCENTIVE BLOCK GRANT AND MATCH FUNDS TO BE APPROPRIATED FROM CONTINGENCY TO THE FAMILY COURT BUDGET AND AWARDED TO CITY OF LANSING - POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A POLICE COMMUNITY DIVERSION PROGRAM

RESOLUTION #99-109

WHEREAS, Michigan's F.I.A., Office of Juvenile Justice is offering counties and municipalities funds under the auspices of the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) to provide police and Family courts with options to sanction youthful offenders at any level of the Juvenile Justice System; and

WHEREAS, the County of Ingham was allocated $53,754, the City of East Lansing was allocated $14,173, and the Township of Meridian was allocated $5,806, with the City of East Lansing and Township of Meridian choosing to waive their allocations to Ingham County for a total of $73,773; and

WHEREAS, the City of Lansing was allocated $87,338; and

WHEREAS, if all these allocations are combined, it would total $161,111 of new additional services for the Ingham County Juvenile Justice System; and

WHEREAS, through a collaborative effort to develop a police community diversion program, which can be utilized county-wide by any law enforcement agency for the purpose of diverting first-time offenders appearance tickets through a sanction of community service work hours; and

WHEREAS, this program could reduce costly processing of appearance tickets in the Family Court but yet offer appropriate sanctions and services for youth in our community.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes an appropriation from the 1999 County Contingency fund in the amount of $7,377.30 to the Family Court budget for the purpose of providing a 10% cash match for the June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2000 Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes the total JAIBG allocation of $73,773, which includes the City of East Lansing, Meridian Township, and Ingham County portion to be awarded to the City of Lansing as the legal applicant for the JAIBG grant program and to have the City of Lansing Police Department serve as the program development coordinating body and to administer a county-wide police community diversion program to divert first-time offenders to community services work sites.

ADOPTED - APRIL 27, 1999

Agenda Item No. 24

RESOLUTION #99-109

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes the Controller to make the necessary budget amendments as authorized by this resolution.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes the Board Chairperson to sign any necessary waivers and grant applications consistent with this resolution and the Board Chairperson and the County Clerk to sign any contract documents that are consistent with this resolution and approved as to form by the County Attorney.

LAW & COURTS: Yeas: Grebner, Schafer, Smiley, Stid, Bernero, Schmidt, Juall

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 4/15/99

FINANCE: Yeas: McDonald, Bernero, Grebner, Lynch, Schafer, Juall, Minter

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 4/21/99