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Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Orange County, North Carolina <br />~~S ~~a 5 -D ~~ <br />~ c~ <br />RESOLUTION <br />OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED BUDGET REDUCTIONS TO <br />CRIlVIINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS <br />WHEREAS, the joint House-Senate Justice and Public Safety Committee has released a <br />list of Budget Reduction Options that include the elimination of Sentencing Services, <br />Pre-Trial Release Services, Drug Treatment Court, Family Court, District Court <br />Arbitration, and reductions to the Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils and Dispute <br />Settlement Centers; and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed cuts will have a tremendous adverse, negative impact upon <br />the administration of criminal and civil justice in Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, the Criminal and Civil Courts must have adequate resources to address the <br />many criminal, substance abuse, mental health, domestic, employment, and educational <br />and other problems confronted by the residents of Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, these programs help the Courts by addressing multiple underlying problems <br />rather than merely resolving the legal matter brought before the court; and <br />WHEREAS, these cuts will have particular negative impact upon the poor, the <br />disadvantaged, and the addicted, and further decrease their ability to become productive <br />taxpaying residents; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, we, the members of the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners, do hereby resolve that: <br />1) All members of the Orange County delegation in the General Assembly be <br />advised that the Orange County Commissioners oppose the elimination of <br />Sentencing Services, Pre-Trial Release Services, Drug Treatment Court, Family <br />Court, District Court Arbitration, and the District Attorney investigator position; <br />and <br />2) The Orange County delegation be requested to lobby all members of the General <br />Assembly to oppose all of these cuts, and further to inform the General Assembly <br />that these programs save Orange County and the State of North Carolina money <br />that would otherwise be spent for additional prison and jail facilities. <br />This the 17th day of <br />Barry Jaco is Chai <br />Alice Gordon ~ <br />r~~~~,~ , <br />Stephen Halkiotis <br />Valerie Foushee <br />