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Home My WebLink AboutPSCC July 26 2018 Minutes PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATING COUNCIL Minutes of Meeting July 26, 2018 Convened: 3:30 p.m. Adjourned: 3:46 p.m. CALL TO ORDER Commissioner Bonna called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. in Conference Rm 3 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida. ROLL CALL Roll call was taken. Members Present: Commissioner Anthony Bonna, BOCC Bruce Colton, State Attorney Myra Zilahy, for Chief Judge Elizabeth Metzger, 19th Circuit Diamond Litty, Public Defender Philip J. Yacucci, 19th Circuit Captain William Lawhorn, for Ken Mascara, Sheriff of SLC Major Pat Tighe, SLSO Suzanne Caudell, CORE Program John Romano, New Horizons Mike Davis, Florida Department of Correction Members Excused: N/A Others Present: Roy P. Hudson, SLC Atty/CJD Broderick Underwood, Atty/CJD Timothy Kozlowski, Tax Payer Rahdoloh Erickson APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from April 26, 2018 were unanimously approved. Public Safety Coordinating Council July 26, 2018 Page 2 UPDATE by SLC Sherriff’s Office- Major Tighe Major Tighe reported the count at 1245 and the daily population for the year was 1260. Commissioner Bonna was able to attend the last Substance Abuse Graduation at the jail. The Program had 459 participants and 67 graduates this past year. Major Tighe reported for each inmate who participates in the Substance Abuse Program equals a one million dollar savings. This year there were 234 participants with 27 who graduated. Mental illness continues to be of great concern as there were 550 inmates on average who received psychotropic medications in FY 16/17. In FY 17/18 there were 534 which does not show much improvement. Sheriff Mascara spoke about a Volunteer Program that the Jail has which consists of 350 volunteers and each year they have a Clergy Appreciation Luncheon. Commissioner Bonna was invited to attend and he graciously accepted the invitation. UPDATE by Criminal Justice Coordinator-Roy Hudson Mr. Hudson gave a brief update on the South County Lab located at Lyngate and US1 in Port St. Lucie. This location helps folks save time travel they would face when trying to get to the downtown FP Lab in the courthouse and make it back to their south county job. This is especially helpful if they have to report a few times a week for random drug testing while retaining employment. A topic of discussion for our future meeting was brought up concerning the County’s budget and the possible 8 million dollar short fall that could happen if Amendment One passes in November. The County Administrator Howard Tipton asked Mr. Hudson to speak to the Criminal Justice players to begin to prepare for that possibility and think of ways to perhaps alleviate the jail population. There was a brief discussion regarding ideas Pretrial may be beneficial and the possibility of expanding its use once understanding further stipulations and/or concerns from some of the members at the table. The discussion was tabled for our meeting in January 2019. JUDICIAL UPDATE by Myra Zilahy for Chief Judge Metzger: Myra Zilahy reported that the Judicial Assignments would be done and announced in the Fall. Public Safety Coordinating Council July 26, 2018 Page 3 OLD BUSINESS - None NEW BUSINESS - None Comments – ADJOURNMENT: Commissioner Bonna adjourned the meeting at 3:46 p.m. Submitted by, Carlene LaMonica THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD Oct. 25, 2018