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,...
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