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MARCH 1, 2000 - 2 : 30 P.M. Noo
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Members Present:
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Leon Loeb 2�28ZZZ�2O1'
Jeanette Bazar
Larry Baker
Linda Bridges
John Heldenfels, Jr.
W. L. Hermis
Isaac Valencia
Danny Mora
Jose Olivares
Others Present:
Police Chief P. Alvarez, Jr.
Cmdr. B. Smith
Pat Eldridge
David R. Garcia, City Manager
Rudy Garza, Management & Budget
Raymond Rivas, Management & Budget
Dan Whitworth, Park & Rec.
Mariah Boone, Juvenile Assessment Center
Steve Zastrow, Legal Advisor
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President Loeb called the meeting to order. He suggested that
since this is essentially a budget workshop, approval of the
minutes for February 16, 2000, be deferred until the next
meeting.
Mr. Garza explained that the contributors for the increase in
insurance costs to the Crime Control District are: (1) increase
in number of employees, (2) shifting of UHP contribution costs to
direct individual costs with the Crime Control budget, and (3)
the city recently implementing a 25% premium increase for group
health insurance.
Cmdr. Smith told the Board that any delinquent taxes are
recovered in subsequent months so that the figures presented to
the Board are accurate including those delinquent taxes.
Mr. Loeb said the other item the Board planned to discuss at this
meeting is the Juvenile Assessment Center. Mr. Whitworth
distributed a status report along with a report on recidivism
through February. Mr. Loeb presented the issue of hiring county
law officers or private security for the Juvenile Assessment
Center. A lengthy discussion ensued on this item. Mr. Olivares
asked whether at one time the Juvenile Assessment Center was
originally designed to be a "clearinghouse" with all the agencies
working together establishing a shared master file where
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information can be obtained. The Board asked Mr. Whitworth to
research whether the funds are available this fiscal year to hire
two case managers and also asked him to establish a flow analysis
giving the Board a picture of how many juveniles are processed
through Center. The Board decided to move forward with the
Juvenile Assessment Center as originally planned and not cut any
funds and to assess its effectiveness in a year. Ms. Eldridge
told the Board that information was received concerning a second
round of juvenile accountability block grants for which
approximately $150, 000 is being used for connectivity issues.
The Board then asked Mr. Whitworth to proceed in hiring two case
managers.
Mr. Loeb said he would like to address how the Board is going to
deal with two years and nine months remaining in the program and
how continuation of the program is envisioned for years 6 through
10. He distributed a spreadsheet that breaks down the program
into a "core program" including the Assessment Center, additional
police officers, citizens advisory councils, biannual evaluation,
and an "Ancillary Program" which includes all of the other items.
Cmdr. Smith told the Board of a street lighting proposal on
recommendation from a Board member to consider the area north of
Highway 37 in the downtown area, boundaries Shoreline Drive and
Highway 37 (181 to Harbor Bridge) . He presented a recommendation
from Traffic Engineering of $3 , 400 and due to the fact that the
area has Heritage Park and it is a part of town that is
trafficked by locals and tourists, his recommendation is to
approve the request. The Board approved the installation.
Cmdr. Smith told the Board of the juvenile block grant. Ms.
Eldridge told the Board that the second round of funding would be
used to look at phase two in trying to connect CCISD and truancy
records.
Cmdr. Smith distributed two articles in last weekend's newspaper
concerning programs funded by Crime Control District, one is
Campus Crime Stoppers Program and the other is Pawn Shop Detail.
Mariah Boone told the Board that representatives from Brownsville
would be visiting the Center tomorrow because they are interested
in beginning a similar program in their area.
The next scheduled meeting for the Board is March 15th, with
April 19th being the next regularly scheduled meeting. A notice
of public hearing needs to be published by April 11th so the
Board may meet for an interim budget meeting on March 29th .
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3 : 55
p.m.
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