ADOPTED - MAY 22, 2007

Agenda Item No. 15

Introduced by the Judiciary and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CONTROLLER TO PROCURE PROPERTY FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FACILITY

RESOLUTION #07-121

WHEREAS, the Court has previously proposed that the County consider a Juvenile Assessment Center and a Continuum of Care Facility that would house and treat delinquent and disturbed youth in Ingham County; and

WHEREAS, as a result of the passage of the 2002 Juvenile Millage, Ingham County contracted with Chinn Planning, Inc. to provide recommendations and to develop an Action Plan for a Juvenile Justice Continuum of Care to appropriately treat delinquent and disturbed youth in Ingham County; and

WHEREAS, in its Action Plan, Chinn Planning, Inc. recommended that Ingham County build an Assessment Center as well as a Day Treatment/Night Reporting Center; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners authorized the County Controller in cooperation with CB Richard Ellis to evaluate property sites compatible with the Circuit Court’s and Community Partners’needs; and

WHEREAS, the Court, in cooperation with the Ingham County/City of Lansing Community Coalition for Youth, has  proposed that the Assessment Center and the Day Treatment/Night Reporting parts of Continuum of Care be combined into a single facility; and

WHEREAS, this facility is proposed to house a full scope of services (e.g., prevention, intervention, aftercare, and sanctions) and include a variety of programs and services: Alternative Day School and After School Program, Family Assessment and Treatment Center, Substance Abuse Services, Mental Health Services, among others; and

WHEREAS, it would be advantageous to authorize the Controller to proceed with the ability to make conditional offers to acquire property deemed suitable for the Continuum of Care Facility.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the County Controller, subject to approval by the Board Chair, to negotiate for the purchase of property for the Continuum of Care Facility at a cost most advantageous to the County.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller is authorized to place a deposit not to exceed $50,000 towards the purchase of property for the Continuum of Care Facility.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller is authorized to make contingent offers on suitable properties for the Continuum of Care Facility, subject to final approval from the Board of Commissioners.

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

Nays:  None                    Absent:  None             Approved 5/10/07

FINANCE:  Yeas:  Celentino, Weatherwax-Grant, Grebner, Hertel, Tennis, Dougan

Nays:  None                Absent:  None       Approved 5/16/07