HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/03/2008 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 126, 2000, APPROPR AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 8
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: October 3, 2000
IN FROM: Donald Vagge
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 126, 2000, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for Police Services for the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Grant
Project.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant under the Colorado Division of Criminal
Justice, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) in the amount of$18,500 for salaries
and costs associated with implementing a Youth Community/Family Conference(restorative justice)
Program. Restorative justice is an alternative method of holding a youth offender accountable for
his or her actions by conferencing with the youth and the victim to develop appropriate
consequences for the offense. Ordinance No. 126, 2000, which was unanimously adopted on First
Reading on September 19, 2000, appropriates unanticipated grant revenue in the General Fund for
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Grant Project.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 19
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: September 19, 2000
is I STAFF: Donald Vagge
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 126, 2000, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for Police Services for the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Grant
Project.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption o he Ordi nce o i din
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The City has received a grant in the amount of $18,500 for the salaries and cost associated with
implementing a Youth Community/Family Conferencing (restorative justice) Program from the
Colorado Division of Criminal J OPY
ency Prevention (JJDP).
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant under the Colorado Division of Criminal
Justice, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) in the amount of$18,500 for salaries
and costs associated with imple a o i onference(restorative justice)
Program. Restorative justice ' an alt tive th o of youth offender accountable for
his or her actions by con f ncing th th y t and t victim to develop appropriate
consequences for the offense. in d d the i is of their actions on the victim,
Criminal Justice Officials are optimistic repeat offenses will be reduced.
Grant funds will be used to him a part-time (20 hours) contractual "Conferencing Coordinator".
This person will work closely with law enforcement, school district personnel and members of the
juvenile Criminal Justice System to ensure that community/family conferencing is made available
as an option in juvenile criminal cases. The coordinator will accept referrals of juvenile offender
cases and forward these to volunteer facilitators from the community for conferencing. The
coordinator will also be responsible for outcome follow-up and general marketing of the program.
Part of the funds will be directly applied to marketing costs.
Final notice of the grant award was received in August 2000. The grant period is from October 1,
2000 to September 20, 2001.