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A. <br />Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners <br />Action Agenda Item Abstract <br />Meeting Date: January 18, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 8-m <br />Subject: New Criminal Justice Partnership Position and Classification Plan Amendment <br />Department: Manager's Office Public Hearing: Yes No X <br />Budget Amendment <br />Needed: Yes X No <br />Attachment(s): <br />Draft New Class Specification <br />Information Contact: <br />Moses Carey, Chair <br />John Link, County Manager <br />Telephone Number: <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />968 -4501 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />Mebane <br />227 -2031 <br />Purpose: To consider establishing a new permanent full time position to support the <br />criminal justice partnership initiative and amending the Orange County Classification and <br />Pay Plan to include the new class of Criminal Justice Program Coordinator at Salary Grade <br />65. <br />Background: In May 1999 Chatham County and Orange County formed the Orange - <br />Chatham Criminal Justice Advisory Board. This combined the existing Criminal Justice <br />Partnership Board and the Juvenile Justice Crime Council (formerly Community Based <br />Alternative Board). This joint venture between Chatham and Orange County is designed to <br />identify, develop and monitor programs to enhance the local criminal justice system in the <br />areas of both adult and juvenile justice. <br />The Orange- Chatham Criminal Justice Advisory Board and the Board's Executive <br />Committee are recommending that the two counties create a full time staff position to <br />support the criminal justice partnership initiative. The staff work required to support the <br />initiative exceeds what current staffing can provide. The approximately 50 member Board is <br />made up of County Commissioners, law enforcement officials, Judges, the District Attorney, <br />Probation and Parole staff, Office of Juvenile Justice staff, area mental health <br />representatives, School Superintendents, social services and health staff, community <br />agency representatives and others. <br />The proposed position would be an Orange County position, jointly funded with Chatham <br />County. It would be supervised from the office of Assistant County Manager Albert Kittrell. <br />In summary, the position will serve as facilitator and staff support to the joint Chatham and <br />Orange County criminal justice partnership initiative and to the Criminal Justice Advisory <br />Board. Key duties will include: <br />