Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Franklin County Municipal Court Administrative and Presiding Judge to modify and extend the contract with iSECUREtrac and to authorize the expenditure of up to $100,000 from the Municipal Court Judges 2007 general fund budget for electronic monitoring of indigent offenders in the Court's home confinement program.
In 2006, the Court was funded for a program to offer home incarceration as an alternative to jail when the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas discontinued extending its program to offenders of the Franklin County Municipal Court. As funded in 2006, the Court's program covered the cost of three probation officers and other incidental expenses with the assumption that the cost of monitoring would be borne by the offender. During the development of the program, it became clear that the Court needed to offer the program to individuals who cannot pay the cost of the monitoring, but who otherwise would be eligible for such a program. Ordinance number 1345-2006 passed by City Council on July 24, 2006, authorized the contract and expenditure with iSECUREtrac for monitoring of indigent offenders during the program's pilot phase. As a result of delays in the contracting process and the start up of the Court's home confinement program, the Court requires additional time for a meaningful pilot phase.
The Court's initial contract with iSECUREtrac was for $60,000. The contract modification adds an additional $100,000.
iSECUREtrac, contract compliance # 870347787.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds are available within the Court's 2007 general fund appropriations for this purpose.
This legislation is considered an emergency measure to ensure that the contract is in place so that the Court may continue its electronic monitoring of indigent offenders without interruption.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to modify an...
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