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July 24, 2018 <br /> <br />8. Dorothy Flowers, 204 Bedford Court, spoke in opposition to this item. <br /> <br />9. John Blount, 4014 Garwood Avenue, spoke in opposition to this item. <br /> <br />10. John Wright, 4021 Seaboard Court, spoke in opposition to this item. <br /> <br />11. Jerry Willis, 203 Dumont Avenue, spoke in opposition to this item. <br /> <br />18-195(b): <br /> <br />“ZONING AMENDMENT ORDINANCE Z-18-01.” <br /> <br />Ayes: Clark, Lucas-Burke, Psimas, Smith <br />Nays: Moody, Whitaker, Rowe <br /> <br />- City Manager’s Report - <br /> <br />18 - 283 - Adoption of ordinance accepting a grant in the amount of $557,246 from <br />the Department of Criminal Justice Services and appropriating said funds in the FY <br />2019 Grants Fund to provide funding to operate local probation and pretrial <br />services in the City of Portsmouth. <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br /> <br /> The Community Corrections & Pretrial Services Program has been continually <br /> <br />funded by the state since 1995. It is a diversion from incarceration program. <br /> <br /> This state funding allows us to provide quality supervision to non-violent <br />probationers and defendants in the community and directly impact the jail population. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br /> The Department of Criminal Justice Services has made available $557,246 in state <br />general funds for FY2019 to provide these services locally. <br /> <br /> Community Corrections provides a comprehensive array of intermediate sanctions <br />to the local courts as alternatives to incarceration in the city jail. Services include: <br />probation supervision, community service work, restitution monitoring, substance abuse <br />assessment, testing and treatment, anger education, domestic violence intervention, and <br />other services as requested by the courts. Between July 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018 the <br />program served 230 probationers. We facilitated the collection of $20,371 in restitution to <br />victims, and $3,771 in court costs. Probationers completed 2,174 hours of community <br />service work. Over 49 probationers received conflict resolution and anger education <br />services and 128 received substance abuse services. <br /> <br /> Pretrial Services provides supervised release to defendants. Between July 1, 2017 <br />and May 31, 2018 the program conducted 935 investigations, screened 1,393 defendants <br />held in the city jail, conducted 237 criminal record checks, received 387 placements on <br />supervision and monitored 964 defendants released by the magistrate. <br /> <br />Financial Impact: <br /> <br /> <br /> There is no local match and no obligation for continued funding from the City of <br /> <br />Portsmouth. <br /> <br />Recommended Action: <br /> <br /> <br /> Adoption of ordinance. <br /> <br />Next Steps Following Council Action: <br /> <br />. <br /> The Finance Department will make the necessary budgetary adjustment <br /> <br /> Program Director to provide grant management and oversight. <br /> <br />Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Lucas-Burke, to adopt the following <br />ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />