DEPARTMENT: Community Corrections
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Community Corrections Sentence To Service Joint Powers Agreements And Amendments To Joint Powers Agreements
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Community Corrections supervises adults and juveniles placed on probation by the courts; and
WHEREAS, probation staff focuses on community safety and reducing recidivism in their supervision of these individuals; and
WHEREAS, supervision services and court ordered programs are provided through direct care delivery and purchased services and a variety of services are in place to meet the varied needs of these individuals; and
WHEREAS, Sentence to Services (STS) provides supervised work crews for non-violent adults receiving probation services as an alternative to being ordered to jail; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 21-489 (October 19, 2021), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized execution of JPAs for Community Corrections STS with the cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farmington, Inver Grove Heights, and Lakeville, Independent School District (ISD) 197, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) for the purchase of guaranteed STS work crew days at a rate of $481.00 per day for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022; and
WHEREAS, since the time of the October 19, 2021, County Board authorization, and due to the impacts of the pandemic and court orders, the public entities and Community Corrections staff have re-negotiated an additional rate option for STS work crew days; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends JPAs with the cities of Burnsville, Farmington, Inver Grove Heights, and Lakeville, ISD 197, and MnDOT, and an amendment to the JPAs with the cities of Apple Valley and Eagan for the purchase of guaranteed STS work crew days at the rate of $481.00 per day rate for work crews of five persons or more, and the rate of $240.50 per day for work crews of four persons or less, for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022; and
WHEREAS, funding for these contracts and revenue from STS-related JPAs with public entities is included in the 2022 Community Corrections Adopted Budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Community Services Director to execute joint power agreements with the cities of Burnsville, Farmington, Inver Grove Heights, and Lakeville, Independent School District 197, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation, and an amendment of the joint powers agreements with the cities of Apple Valley and Eagan for the purchase of guaranteed Sentence to Services work crew days at the rate of $481.00 per day for work crews of five persons or more, and the rate of $240.50 per day for work crews of four persons or less, for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the JPAs shall contain a provision that allows the County to immediately terminate the JPAs in the event sufficient funds from county, state, or federal sources are not appropriated at a level sufficient to allow payment of the amounts due.
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