Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission Agenda for September 9, 2020 3:00 PM Zoom Online Information Meeting ID: 910 803 2857 Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/9108032857 Zoom Call-in Number for participation by phone: (346)248-7799 1. Discussion and possible action regarding the recommendation of the Pretrial and Indigent Defense Subcommittee for an additional Pretrial Bond Supervision Officer. 2. Update on COVID-19 impacts to the Criminal Justice System. 3. Update regarding the Cite and Divert Program. 4. Update regarding extending and modifying the Padilla pilot program. 5. Discussion and possible action regarding meetings times, locations and future topics for discussion.
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Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission
Agenda for September 9, 2020
3:00 PM
Zoom Online Information Meeting ID: 910 803 2857
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/9108032857 Zoom Call-in Number for participation by phone: (346)248-7799
1. Discussion and possible action regarding the recommendation of the Pretrial and
Indigent Defense Subcommittee for an additional Pretrial Bond Supervision Officer.
2. Update on COVID-19 impacts to the Criminal Justice System.
3. Update regarding the Cite and Divert Program.
4. Update regarding extending and modifying the Padilla pilot program.
5. Discussion and possible action regarding meetings times, locations and future topics for
Hays County Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission
Monies Collected from Defendants:
Calendar Year
No. of Defendants: Deemed Indigent
No. of Defendants: Order on Condition of Bond
Monies Collected
2019 245 54 $24,651.34
2018 152 30 $19,981.98
2017 123 36 $12,691.00
2016 42 21 $4,589.00
TOTAL: 562 141 $61,913.32
SUMMARY
In addition to providing a proactive direct alternative to costly incarceration, the defendant who is
released on Pretrial Bond Supervision is expected to be employed. When employed, a defendant has
the opportunity to support their dependents and is able to pay for costs of their supervision.
Through the end of December 2019, defendants participating in the Program have paid $61,913.32
for costs related to their supervision.
Calendar Year 2016 – Present:
Two primary purposes of this Program are to reduce overcrowding at the jail and assure defendants
will appear in Court as directed.
Since the inception of the Program, according to Annual Reports submitted to Commissioner’s
Court, using $125.07 per day as the cost to house an inmate at the County Jail, the amount of money
saved is estimated at $1,737,222.30 - $5,211,666.90. Via the Target Population and those with an
Order of Conditions of Bond, defendants have been supervised in the community instead of being
housed in the County Jail; and more than 85% of those defendants have appeared in Court as
directed. A cumulative total of all defendants monitored and/or supervised through the end of July
2020 is 1,330, with 626 of those cases coming from January 1, 2020 through July 31, 2020. A
comparison of Calendar Year 2016 and the number being supervised as of the writing of this report
shows an 893% growth in caseload size.
No. of Defendants
Monies Collected
703
$61,913.32
Monies Collected from Defendants (2011 - 2016)
No. of Defendants Monies Collected
Pretrial Bond and Indigent Defense Subcommittee
Hays County Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission
REQUEST
Beginning in Fiscal Year 2021 and for the purpose of hiring an additional Officer, the Pretrial and
Indigent Defense Subcommittee is requesting the Hays County Criminal Justice Coordinating
Commission to approve a request to Commissioner’s Court for an additional Pretrial Bond Officer.
With the additional officer, the Program will be afforded the opportunity to continue to provide
consistent, uniform, and quality services to the defendant who has been:
▪ Authorized for Pretrial Bond Supervision
▪ Ordered as a Condition of Bond to be supervised by this Department
Thank you for your consideration.
Modified Statement of Grant Award FY2020 Technical
Support Grant Grant Number: 19-TS-105 Grantee Name: Hays County Program Title: Regional Padilla Compliance Pilot Project Grant Period: 10/1/2019-9/30/2020 Grant Award: $342,720
The Texas Indigent Defense Commission (herein, the Commission) has awarded the above-referenced grant to Hays County (herein, the County) for indigent defense services. The authorized official named on the grant application must sign this Statement of Grant Award and return it to the Commission by September 30,2020. The grantee will not receive any grant funds until this notice is executed and returned to the Commission. Funding is provided as listed in the categories in the table below:
Direct Costs 1) Personnel - Salaries (FTEs: 0)2) Fringe Benefits3) Travel and Training4) Equipment5) Supplies6) Contract Services $326,400 7) Indirect Costs $16,320 Total Proposed Costs $342,720 Less County Match 0 Total Amount Funded by Commission $342,720
Standard Grant Conditions:
• The authorized official for the grantee accepts the grant award.• The authorized official, financial officer, and program director, referred to below as grant officials, must comply with the terms
of the grant as written in the Request for Applications issued in January 2019, including the rules and documents adopted byreference in the Commission’s Grant Rules in Title 1, Part 8, Chapter 173, Texas Administrative Code.
• The grant officials understand that a violation of any term of the grant may result in the Commission placing a temporary holdon grant funds, permanently de-obligating all or part of the grant funds, requiring reimbursement for funds already spent, orbarring the organization from receiving future grants.
• Disbursement of funds is always subject to the availability of funds.• The grant officials agree to follow the grant terms contained in the “Terms and Conditions” contained in Attachment A which
includes the final grant application.• Any indigent defense plan documents submitted to the Commission must continue to meet all grant eligibility requirements.• The judges hearing criminal and juvenile matters must amend the Indigent Defense Plan for their respective courts to include
the program funded under this award if necessary and submit it to the Commission by November 1, 2019.
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