ADOPTED - MARCH 13, 2007

Agenda Item No. 14

Introduced by the Judiciary and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE IN INGHAM COUNTY FUNDING

FOR THE COMMUNITY COALITION FOR YOUTH STAFF POSITIONS

FOR THE 2007 FISCAL YEAR

RESOLUTION #07-053

WHEREAS, the Ingham County/City of Lansing Community Coalition for Youth (CCY) known formerly as the Youth Violence Prevention Coalition (YVPC) was established in 1994 by the Mayor of Lansing and the Ingham County Board of Commissioners in response to concerns regarding increases in crime and violence by and towards children; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners has adopted Resolution #02-194 to appoint the CCY as an advisory board to Ingham County regarding the prevention and treatment of delinquency; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners has adopted Resolution #07- 042 requesting the CCY to function as a task force to help facilitate the planning of a “Continuum of Care” facility and to work with the Circuit Court and various community partners to identify the amount of space needed and the details of the programming to be provided by the various community partners at the facility; and

WHEREAS, a report on the “Continuum of Care” facility is due from the task force on April 26, 2007; and

WHEREAS, additional duties are required of the Coordinator to complete the processes and reports associated with the planning of a “Continuum of Care” facility; and

WHEREAS, the Data Collection Coordinator position shall be renamed to Project Assistant during the temporary assignment of duties related the planning of a “Continuum of Care” facility; and

WHEREAS, up to $5,000 is requested from the Juvenile Justice Funds, not to exceed $25 per hour, to be allocated towards CCY staff hours for the time period March 1, 2007 through April 26, 2007, to enable additional work related to the planning of a “Continuum of Care” facility.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners approves amending the Ingham County Cooperative Extension 2007 Budget to provide additional hours of coordination services by increasing the Personnel line items up to an additional $5,000 if necessary, based on the actual number of hours used for the temporarily expanded duties associated with the planning of a “Continuum of Care” facility at the current rate of pay ($25.00 per hour).

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners directs the Controller to transfer $5,000 for this purpose out of the Juvenile Justice Millage Funds to the Ingham County Cooperative Extension 2007 Budget.

JUDICIARY:  Yeas:  Bahar-Cook, Schor,  Holman, Nolan, Schafer

       Nays:  None          Absent:  Grant          Approved 3/1/07

FINANCE:  Yeas: Celentino, Grant, Grebner, Hertel, Soule, Dougan

Nays:  None          Absent:  None        Approved 3/7/07