Corrections Standards Authority Meeting Minutes December 20, 2006

MINUTES
CORRECTIONS STANDARDS AUTHORITY MEETING
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2006
600 BERCUT DRIVE
SACRAMENTO, CA 95814
(916) 445-5073

Mr. James Tilton, Chairman of the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA), welcomed all members and guests to the special session of the CSA board meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to requests the board’s approval of the grant award recommendations made by the Executive Steering Committee (ESC).

Chairman Tilton called the meeting to order at 10:35 a.m.

Mr. Tilton directed Ms. Yolanda Campos, Executive Assistant, CSA to take roll call. The following members were in attendance:

James E. Tilton
David Runnels
David Bacigalupo
Robert Hernandez
Gary Penrod
William Powers
Calvin Remington
John Ingrassia
Kim Petersen
Carol Biondi
Pamala Gilyard
Cleotha Adams
Max Scott

Due to conflict of schedules, Mr. Bernard Warner, Mr. Michael Prizmich, and Ms. Mimi Silbert would not be attending today’s meeting.

Ms. Helene Zentner, Consultant, presented this agenda item requesting the CSA board approval of the funding recommendations developed by the Executive Steering Committee (ESC) for the Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction (MIOCR) grant program.

This special session of the CSA board is the culmination of the hard work put forth by not only our 12 ESC members, but also all the counties who applied for these grant funds. The agenda item requests the board’s approval of the Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction grant award recommendations made by the members of the ESC.

The efforts undertaken by the ESC and CSA staff over the past 4 + months are outlined in the agenda item. In recollection, the entire process was put on an expedited schedule but thanks to the commitment demonstrated by our ESC co-chairs, Sheriff Penrod and Chief Remington and the dedication of all the ESC members, the timeframe has been met for getting the money out the door to the counties by January 1, 2007.

The results of this process are provided to in attachment C of the agenda item. These funding recommendations would award 21 grants for projects focusing on adult offenders and 21 grants for projects focusing on juvenile offenders. As previously approved by the board, remaining funds will be offered to the next applicant on the ranked list. Staff will collaborate with these grantees in producing a reduced scope and budget based on the remaining funds.

In regards to the balance of funds on the juvenile side, Yolo County’s West Sacramento project would be next in ranked order to receive the balance of award funds. The ESC is recommending that the Board allow Yolo County’s fully funded project in Woodland to share resources with the project in West Sacramento in order to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of the project.

CSA staff recommended that the board approve the funding recommendations developed by the ESC for the Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction grant program.

Ms. Zentner was available to answer any questions. Mr. Tilton asked if there were any questions or discussion. Mr. Powers thanked the committee for their hard work. Mr. Tilton asked if the rounded $700,000 was a minimal amount or part of the counties’ request and how this figure came about.

Ms. Zentner explained that part of the ESC’s recommendation for the Request for Proposal (RFP) was that the maximum amount a county or applicant could request was based on the population of their county per proposal. In the RFP, attachment A, a list was made available of all the counties, their population and where they fell in either small, medium or large county size. If they were a small county they could request the maximum of $700,000, medium was one million, and large was 1.5 million.

Ms. Petersen requested clarification on the approval, was the request for a blanket approval or for each proposal individually. Her concerns were that she may need to abstain from voting on one of the proposals because she knew several people involved with the proposal. Mr. Tilton stated that separate votes would be appropriate if there was a request. Ms. Biondi stated that everyone is probably familiar with people that applied for these grants, but as long as they are not family members, abstaining would not be necessary.

Ms. Lynda Frost, Field Representative, explained that board members do not need to abstain from voting on these recommended grants because they were not involved in any way in evaluating the proposals.

Mr. Penrod explained that he was an exception because his department was one of the applicants and he and his staff worked on the proposal. Although he was not involved in the evaluation process he requested to abstain from voting for San Bernardino County. Mr. Remington stated his county applied but he was not involved in the rating factor and does not see a conflict because he is voting on the decision of the rating group, but if need be he would pull his vote for Ventura County.

Mr. Tilton stated that the following be noted in the minutes:

Staff identified that ESC members who had a conflict of interest did not participate in the rating of those projects; this was an overall vote for the package and those conflicts were taken care of during the rating process.

A motion to approve the funding recommendations developed by the Executive Steering Committee for the Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction grant program was made by Mr. Bill Powers and seconded by Ms. Carol Biondi. Vote was taken; all voted yes, Mr. Gary Penrod abstained his vote from San Bernardino’s proposal. The motion carried.

Mr. Harris reminded board members that the next board meeting is scheduled for
January 11, 2007. Ms. Biondi asked about the State Advisory Group (SAG). Mr. Harris informed her that there are now 11 members, three others have been identified and interviewed and are trying fill the last position. A full membership should be completed by January and tentatively a meeting will be scheduled at the end of January.

Respectfully submitted,
Originally signed by
YOLANDA CAMPOS
Executive Assistant
Corrections Standards Authority

ROSTER OF PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE
CSA Board Members
James E. Tilton, Chair, CDCR Secretary
David Runnels, CDCR, Adult Offenders
David Bacigalupo, Subordinate Officer
Robert Hernandez, Subordinate Officer
Gary Penrod, Sheriff, San Bernardino County
William Powers, County Supervisor/Administrator Officer
Calvin Remington, Chief Probation Officer, Ventura County
John Ingrassia, Administrator/Manager, Local Detention Facility
Kim Petersen, Public Member, Represents Interests of Crime Victims
Carol Biondi, Public Member
Pamala Gilyard, Rank & File Representative, Juvenile Probation Officer
Cleo Adams, Rank & File Representative, Deputy Sheriff
Max Scott, Representative, Community-Based Youth Service Organization CSA

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