Full_Commission
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 MINUTES OF Feb. 10, 1999 REGULAR MEETING
1. Roll
Call
The
meetingwas called to order at 5:44pm.
All Commissioners were present at the gavel with the exception of Comms.
Aramburo, Hale, and Chuck, who arrived
at 5:45pm, 5:58pm, and 6:04pm, respectively.
2. Review
of Jan. 13, 1999 meeting minutes
The
minutes were approved as written.
3. Chief
Probation Officer's Report:
·
budget report FY
98-99, 99-00;
Deferred
to Sandy Brown-Richardson's report later.
·
review of
monthly statistical data;
count
today in JH was 126. LCR 63. Comm. Shimko
asked about the confinement of youth in county jail. Bob Wertz said that sometimes 18 yr old youths are committed to
the jail. This isn't automatic due to age, only at times is it recommended. The Commissioner also asked about the
serious contraband of weapons. The
Chief didn't feel this was anything "remarkable" in nature.
·
highlights of
month of Jan.;
The
Chief introduced the two newly appointed Asst Directors: Donald Sanders, at LCR, and Tim Diestal, at
JH.
Chief
Williams reported that there was an ongoing issue surrounding the newly
constructed qualifications for POs. The
final decision by the Civil Service Commission was in favor with what the Dept.
had proposed. The Dept. will be hiring
in new POs in March, both in provisional and permanent status.
He
also reported that Supervisor Yee will be coming to tour YGC. The
Interfaith Council will also be meeting to discuss the future of the Chaplaincy
program, as well as the impact of Rev. Dunbar's work here.
The
Dept will be working with the Dept of Human Services and Children's Mental
Health Services to apply for funding from the Board of Corrections. No program
concept was available.
In
March/April the Dept will begin its program under Repeat Offender Prevention
Program funding (Bd of Corrections).
·
upcoming
events/emerging issues;
·
presentations by
students of LCR.
Johnny Miller stated that for
some years LCR has had help from the SF Art Commission to work with the young
men there in creative writing. Some
have entered writing contests and done very well. He introduced a member of the Art Commission, who spoke about the
Writers' Corps program, and how it has worked at LCR since 1995.
Two students from Log Cabin
Ranch, who are participants in the Writers' Corps writing workshop, gave an
impromptu free verse poetry recital.
4. Discussion/Action
Items:
a. Consideration
of and possible action on Finance Committee's recommendation to approve the
Dept.'s FY 99-00 operating budget.
Comm. Julian reported that the Finance
Comm. met on Jan. 27 and approved the proposed Dept. fiscal yr 99-00 budget. He mentioned some issue that could be further discussed in the
future, but essentially commended the staff for a well prepared document. Sandy Brown-Richardson referred to a summary
sheet she passed out to the Commissioners at the meeting. She said there were very minor changes made
to the budget since the Finance Comm. approved it, mainly in enumerating
additional vehicles for purchase. Comm. Jackson-Drake asked about the amount
of funds for community based programs, and whether the level of funding had
returned to the original levels prior to withholding 10% for evaluations. S. Brown-Richardson said yes. TANF funds are being used for COLAs, in
the current fiscal budget. The upcoming
fiscal year includes COLAs as a part of its baseline budget.
The
question was called, and by unanimous vote, approved. The Commissioner felt
that the COLAs should be a regular part of the budget and not dependent on soft
monies like TANF.
The Chief pointed out that the budget
narrative emphasized the community based, family oriented perspective of the
Dept.'s work.
Comm.
Julian moved for approval, and Comm.
Chuck seconded. The question
was called, and by unanimous vote, approved.
b.
Consideration of and possible action on Dept's request to increase
CJCJ's contract amount for a populaton management program, from $100,000. to
$200,000.
Chief
Williams said that the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council approved this
expansion. They proposed to expand the
services originally planned. There was
no contract in place, but K. Morton (Director of DDAP) said later that the
originally proposed amount of $100,000 was for a trial program serving 25 youth
for 6 mos. Now they are looking at
doing more case management. Quest: has the program been doing anything in this
project yet? Yes. They have been talking about participating
in the Multi Disciplinary Team review meetings. But they have not finalized a
scope of services. Chief Williams said
they are supposed to be coming up with some outcome measures for the program. Comm. Hale
moved to approve the contract. Comm. Jackson-Drake seconded. The
question was called, and by unanimous vote, approved.
c.
Presentation of the Dept's Action Plan.
Chief Williams said that this is a
statement of some of the primary objectives of the Dept. under the current
budget. The plan was synthesized from
the 9 priorities set out by the Dept last year. Comm. Jackson-Drake
asked what the difference is between the GED program already at LCR and the
tutorial program. J. Miller said that the tutorial is additional to the GED
program classes. Comm. Hale asked why the SFUSD couldn't
provide the tutorial also. Miller said
they just weren't willing to.
5. Discussion
of proposed Rules of Order changes.
An
added sub section statesthat twice each year the Commission shall meet at Youth
Guidance Center, and also identifed the Facilities Committee as a committee of
the Commission. The changes will be
made, drafts distributed to the public, and action taken on them at the next
full commission meeting.
6. Public
Comment on any matter within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Juvenile
Probation
Commission.
Rich
Perino of the DPOA raised various concerns of the membership. The issue is the revision of minimum
requirements for becoming a PO, essentially downgrading the
qualifications. The concern is the
impact on future entry level and promotional wage levels, reflected by a lower
expectation of experience. He said that
this would make the job more like a trainee position than a professional level
position. He claimed that currently SF
pays its POs less than Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Marin counties county does,
and possibly Contra Costa.
Another issue he brought up was the
hiring of retired POs for work that could be given to regular POs. This then essentially takes money out of the
pockets of those POs.
He said that such actions are a matter
of policy and he felt that the Commission could deal with it.
The Chief took issue with Mr.
Perino. Some points/questions made by Dept/Commission: lowering PO
qualifications does not diminish their job status, and gives the Dept. more hiring
flexibility. Hiring retired POs for
work was not meant to save the Dept any money.
Mr. Perino said that while the new
qualifications do not immediately affect salary (current contract in force), it
may well affect the new rounds of negotiation.
The Chief addressed the points Mr. Perino made.
7. Unfinished
business
None
8.
New business
Comm.
Jackson-Drake commented on an event at the Yerba Buena Center, and
said that a representative from the Fine Arts Museum asked about the
possibilities of collaboration between the Dept and the Museum to give
opportunities to youth to experience some of the exhibits. Comm. Hale spoke about the wilderness
activities being carried out at LCR, and introduced two women (medical school
graduates) who were in charge of it.
9. Adjournment
The
meeting was adjourned at 7:42 pm.
ADOPTED
FEB. 24, 1999
