HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 02-21-2006-9a1ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: February 21, 2006
Action Agenda
Item No. ~-Gl -1...
SUBJECT: Orange/Chatham Leadership Council
DEPARTMENT: Clerk to the Board
PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
County Manager's Office
ATTACHMENT(S):
Membership Recommendations
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Commissioner Moses Carey, 245-2125
Sharron Hinton, 245-2302
PURPOSE: To appoint the members of the Orange-Chatham .Justice Partnership (OCJP)
Leadership Council.
BACKGROUND: The Orange-Chatham Justice Partnership Leadership Council serves as the
official .Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (.1CPC) and Criminal .lustice Partnership Program
(CJPP) Advisory Board as required by the NC Department of Juvenile Justice/Delinquency
Prevention and the NC Department of Correction, Each county government is required to have
a local JCPC and CJPP advisory board in order to receive state program funds, Since Orange
and Chatham Counties share the same judicial district (15-B) and mental health service area,
they have operated as amulti-county board since the passing of each legislation.
The OC,JP, previously a 50+ member board, has modified its administrative structure by
establishing a Leadership Council. The Leadership Council is responsible for the overall
administration of the OCJP and for ensuring that the statutory mandates of bath the CJPP and
.1CPC are achieved, Responsibilities are met through the work and recommendations from the
various Advisory Committees,
The Leadership Council is also charged with evaluating the progress of the OCJP and to make
recommendations as to its direction, The Council serves as a forum in which agency directors
share information about system reform within their respective agencies - a broader perspective
of what is happening with the children and families in our communities and what we as leaders
of this community can do to shape the outcome. To that end, the Leadership Council seeks to
identify problems, solutions and trends (either nationally or statewide) that may impact our
communities and our ability to address them.
Counties are mandated to have membership (to the greatest extent possible) which includes
representation from bath Orange and Chatham Counties including: County Commissioners,
District Court Judge, County Management, Health Directors, Chief Court Counselor, Judicial
District Manager, DSS Directors, Mental Health Director, School Superintendents, Sheriffs,
Guardian Ad Litem, Public Defender, District Attorney, and Superior Court Judge, The
recommended membership is attached..
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with the appointments,
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the list of
recommendations for Orange County representatives to the Orange-Chatham Leadership
Council for 2QQ6,
Attachment I
Coun Commissioner(s)
Oran a !Moses Carey Jr.
Chatham i Mike Cross
Count Mana er(s)
Oran e ; Gwen Harvey
Chatham 'Renee Dickson
Disirict'Court Jud e _
Oran e :Chatham 'Joe Buckner
Count Sheriff(s) _
Oran e Lindy Pendergrass
Chatham !Richard Webster
Division of Cornmuni 'Corrections
Oran e :Chatham 'Tommy Perry
Guardian Ad Litem
Oran e :Chatham 'Gretchen Alysworth
Director of Communi 'Services
Oran e Sharron Hinton
District Attorne
Oran a Chatham Jim Woodall
Public Defender
Oran a Chatham James Williams
OPC Mental Health
Oran e Chatham 'Judy Truitt
Public Health Director(s)
Oran e Rosemary Summers
Chatham
Director(s) Social Services ';
Oran e Nancy Coston
Chatham i John Tanner
Shirley Carraway
Ann Hart
Pedersen
Juvenile Justice
Orange/Chatham !Peggy Hamlett
Su erior Court Jude _-_
Oran e Chatham Carl Fox
Conrad Strader
Jim Barbee
Trish Vandersea