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Probation director reports caseload, project income and items to be approved by email after no quorum
Summary
With no quorum, the probation director reviewed caseload numbers, intake reasons, recent collections and project income, and said several budget and policy items — including translator pay, a vehicle replacement and a $1,000 contribution to a local school — will be circulated to board members by email for approval.
With no quorum present, the probation director delivered the department’s operations and finance report and said several items requiring board approval will be sent to members by email. “The morning, we had 91 clients on. We have 0 juveniles, five on CTP, two on pretrial release, and we’re currently supervising 15 offenders outside of our county,” the director said. The director said staff completed 160 intakes as of June 30. At intake, 13 people requested jail in lieu of community corrections; the director said nine could not pass a drug screen, three were homeless and one could not afford program fees. The department has requested 18 warrants for program violations to date, the director said. On finances, the director reported collections for May and June as $48,308.81 and $45,160.19 respectively and said total project income stood at $645,648.28 as of June. The April collections figure was unclear in the meeting record. The director said the department’s recent office renovation cost about $28,000 and that the department has recouped nearly half that amount into project income. The director listed several items that will be circulated for board approval by email: a proposal to add translator compensation to payroll, two budget revisions (the director’s budget revision and probation’s budget revision), a grant revision for community corrections, using an additional $1,000 from the CTP fund to assist a local crossing school, and using CTP funds toward replacement of the department’s oldest vehicle after trade-in. The director said a new discharge-summary policy for community corrections and steps to increase project income would also be sent for review. Because the meeting lacked a quorum, no formal votes were taken on those items. A motion to adjourn was made during the session; the meeting record does not show a vote on the motion. The director said minutes from the previous meeting will be approved by email. Board members who were listed on the roll call were present but did not take formal votes during the meeting, according to the record. The director said staff will follow up with details and documentation by email so members can record approvals outside the meeting. The director concluded the report after those announcements and invited questions; none were recorded.
