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Commissioners approve specialty-court grant slate after removing language flagged by chief judge
Summary
The board voted to approve a slate of specialty-court grant resolutions after Judge Cunningham asked commissioners to strike language that could make continuation of community corrections contingent on board acceptance at award time; commissioners discussed roughly $130,000 net county exposure before passing the amended slate.
The board considered specialty-court grant resolutions presented as a slate (items a–j). Judge Cunningham, the circuit court chief judge, asked the commissioners to remove language in the resolutions that would make continuation of community corrections contingent on the board accepting the award at the time of award, saying such a condition could jeopardize staff jobs and more than 100 program participants.
A commissioner explained the effect of the contested clause: if the county could not cover general-fund portions of positions or services not paid by the grant, programs could end. Commissioners discussed general-fund exposure, with Judge Cunningham and another commissioner citing a rough figure of about $130,000 net to the county. The board amended the motion to strike the language across the slate and voted to approve the amended slate; the Chair announced the motion carried.
