Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Committee approves DCJS aid-to-prosecution grant amendment to cover overtime and discovery platform costs

3074812 · April 8, 2025
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

At a personnel meeting, the committee approved a budgetary amendment accepting an increase in an Aid to Prosecution grant from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services to pay for overtime, a discovery platform (Axon), and one-time employee payments.

At a personnel meeting, the committee approved a budgetary amendment to accept an increased Aid to Prosecution grant from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and to authorize use of that funding for overtime, a discovery platform and one-time payments for staff.

The amendment was presented by the district attorney, identified in the record as Mr. Pengy, who said the office had reviewed its budget with Mike Lewis and Kevin Byrne and that the aid-to-prosecution award had grown from the roughly $33,000 level the office previously received to about $214,000. "We want to take the cost for our overtime segments and…

Already have an account? Log in

Subscribe to keep reading

Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.

  • Unlimited articles
  • AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
  • Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
  • Follow topics and more locations
  • 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
30-day money-back on paid plans