Judiciary & Public Safety Committee

Wednesday, June 30, 2004 – 9:00a.m.

 

DRAFT MINUTES

Committee Members Present: Dave Wern, Chairman; Marilyn Brown, Larry Cornell, Tom Hartnett – Absent: Kay Breed, Kurt Behrenfeld, Merwin Armstrong

Others Present: Scott Schrader, County Administrator; Angie Wyatt, Secretary to Scott Schrader; Lee Price, Sheriff; Diana Claflin, A.T.I. Director; Carl Moses, Director of Weights and Measures

The meeting was called to order at 9:05a.m. by Chairman Dave Wern

MOTION BY LARRY CORNELL TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 2, 2004 MEETING AND THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING HELD JUNE 16, 2004 – 2ND BY MARILYN BROWN – ALL VOTED IN FAVOR – PASSED

RESOLUTIONS

 

  1. Renew Agreement – AT&T (Sheriff’s Department/Jail) – MOTION BY MARILYN BROWN – 2ND BY LARRY CORNELL – ALL VOTED IN FAVOR – PASSED WITH A CHANGE THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LEGISLATURE IS AUTHORIZED TO RENEW THE AGREEMENT

    2. Justification: The County receives a monthly commission of 44% of the gross revenue for calls placed from the Inmate telephones at the Jail.

  2. Authorize Use & Dissemination Agreement-NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services (Alternatives To Incarceration) – MOTION BY MARILYN BROWN – 2ND BY TOM HARTNETT – ALL VOTED IN FAVOR – PASSED WITH A CHANGE THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LEGISLATURE IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT

    3. Justification: To gain access to criminal history reports (RAP sheets) for the Pre-trail Release and Community Service Programs.

  3. Amend Budget/Accept Grant-Wireless 911 Expedited Deployment Grant (Sheriff’s Department/911) MOTION BY MARILYN BROWN – 2ND BY LARRY CORNELL – ALL VOTED IN FAVOR – PASSED

Justification: This grant will be used for the updating of equipment, a mapping system and they will also be able to have a system in place to detect where cell phone calls are coming from.

DISCUSSIONS

Sheriff’s Department/Jail/911 Center (Lee Price): provided the Committee with the Sheriff’s Department’s 2003 Annual Report. It will be received and filed at the next Legislative Session. Dave Wern advised the Committee that this is the only copy they will receive. The remainder of the Legislature will have the report placed on their desks in Chambers.

A.T.I. Name Change (Dave Wern): Dave reminded everyone that the A.T.I. Advisory Council is now called "Cortland County Criminal Justice Advisory Council".

Tower Update (Lee Price): Lee advised the Committee that the connectors at the Virgil Tower Site have been changed at no cost to the County. Skyward Tower Company installed the new connectors.

Assigned Counsel (Scott Schrader): Scott informed the Committee that approximately 40% of the Assigned Counsel budget for the Public Defender’s Office has been spent so it is in good shape. Scott added that there could be outstanding invoices from attorneys who haven’t billed the Public Defender’s Office yet.

Electronic Monitoring (Dave Wern): Dave reminded the Committee that there will be a presentation on electronic monitoring (ankle bracelets) on July 28, 2004 at 1:00p.m. in Room 302.

Weights & Measures (Carl Moses): Carl gave the Committee a brief update and advised the Committee that he will start billing all entities (public, private & governmental) for his services.

MOTION TO ADJOURN BY MARILYN BROWN – 2ND BY LARRY CORNELL – ALL VOTED IN FAVOR – PASSED – MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:40A.M.

Minutes Prepared By Angie Wyatt, Secretary to Scott Schrader.

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