ASAP program asks for county support and courthouse space, warns fees fixed since 1980s

A representative for Chesapeake Bay ASAP (identified in discussion as Mr. Zamski, speaker 15) described ASAP's role supervising DUI defendants and providing monitoring services including ignition interlocks and classes. He said the agency is primarily funded by offender fees, that those fees (the $400 enrollment/course total) were set in the 1980s and have not kept pace with inflation, and that the program struggles with rent and staffing costs. "These fees...that was set in stone in the 19 eighties, and it hasn't gone up," the speaker said, adding that rising salaries and operating costs make the model difficult to sustain.