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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
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ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No
Meeting Date: January 4, 1994
SUBJECT: Establishment of the Criminal Justice Facilities Study
Committee
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DEPARTMENT County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X
ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT
Resolution County Manager, ext 2300
TELEPHONE NUMBER
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Mebane 227-2031
Durham 688-7331
PURPOSE: To consider a resolution to establish a Criminal Justice
Facilities Study Committee.
BACKGROUND: This committee would assess the long-term needs of the
Orange County Court system, identify and determine the adequacy of
present facilities, examine alternatives to present methods of service
delivery, and make recommendations regarding future facilities needs
based on twenty year growth projections.
RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the
attached resolution.
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING
THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACILITIES STUDY COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, pursuant to North Carolina General statutes chapter 7A, subchapter VI,
each County is responsible for providing physical facilities for use
by the Court system; and
WHEREAS, the caseload of the Courts and Law Enforcement agencies have experienced
dramatic growth within the past several years, which growth has
challenged the ability of the court system to operate efficiently;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED:
1. A committee called The Criminal Justice Facilities Study
committee is hereby appointed by the orange County Board
commissioners.
2. The Criminal Justice Facilities Study Committee shall have as
its charge to:
Conduct a needs assessment for Court system functions, to
include, but not be limited to, Superior Court, District
Court, District Attorney, Clerk of Court, Juvenile Services,
Probation and Parole, Guardian ad litem program, Public
Defender, as well as to assess the needs of the Sheriff s
Department, including the Jail function; and
Conduct an inventory of existing facilities available for use
by the court system and the Sheriffs Department; and
Analyze the adequacy of the identified facilities; and
Explore alternatives to traditional methods of service
delivery by the Court system and Sheriffs Department as it
respects facility use; and
Provide twenty year growth projections of anticipated space
requirements for each agency; and
Make recommendations regarding future facilities needs.
3. The Judicial Facilities Study Committee shall be comprised of
the chief superior court Judge, Chief District Court Judge, the
District Attorney, the clerk of Court, the Sheriff of orange
County, County Commissioners, representatives of the Juvenile
Services Division, Probation and Parole, the Guardian ad litem
program, the Public Defender, representative from child support
Enforcement, representative from citizens crime watch group and
municipal Task Forces on Crime and other municipal
representatives, a representative from the orange County Bar
Association, and members of the County's staff to include, but
not limited to, the county Manager and the Director of
Purchasing and Central Services, and others as deemed
appropriate.
This, the 4th day of January, 1994.