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PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATING COUNCIL
Minutes of Meeting
August 28, 2008
Convened: 3:35 p.m. Adjourned: 4:15 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
Commissioner Craft called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m. in Conference Room # 3, 2300
Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida.
ROLL CALL
Roll call was taken.
Members Present:
Commissioner Chris Craft
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Judge Philip J. Yacucci, 19 Circuit
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Corrie Johnson for Chief Judge Roby, 19 Circuit
Diamond Litty, Public Defender
Bruce Colton, State Attorney
Major Pat Tighe, SLC Sheriff’s Office
Suzanne Caudell, CORE Program
Janet Collins, SLC Bail Bond Association
Don Monroe for Thomas Mark, Department of Corrections
Members Absent:
Ken Mascara, Sheriff of SLC
John Romano, New Horizons of the Treasure Coast
Others Present:
Mark Godwin, SLC Criminal Justice Coordinator
Broderick Underwood, SLC Analyst
Trevor Morganti, SLC Sheriff’s Office
Debra Wright, SLC Sheriff’s Office
Becky Bleyman, CORE Program
Lisa McCullough, CORE Program
Jack Miller, Magellan Health
Chris Harris, Magellan Health
Sharon Stratford, Martin County
Ethel Rowland, Taxpayer
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes from the July 24, 2008 meeting were unanimously approved.
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UPDATE by CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATOR-MARK GODWIN:
Major Tighe - handed out graphs “Average Monthly Inmate Population” and “Credit Card
Transaction”. Said crime rate isn’t up but the population is coming.
Mark Godwin - update on Pretrial Program. 43 on GPS and 50 on STD. Made proposal to Chief
Judge Roby on VOP Program. Detention Center – the number of kids being admitted into the
program is up by 3% from the previous year. Went over the handout charts from Broderick.
Asked Don Monroe about Regional Facilities.
Don Monroe – Regional Facilities the States bear the burden of that as far as financially. The
Secretary is proposing to set up work camps for minimal risk offenders to be placed in the local
area within these regions in order to be able to re-entry these offenders back into the community
easily. This will start in the west coast first. Those sentenced under 18 months, low risk offenders,
not including youthful offenders and not including sex offenders. The state will pick up the tab for
that.
Major Tighe – when Secretary talked in Tampa, he talked about changing existing statue from
364 days in a county jail to 18 months in a county jail. Now we’re hearing it’s not going to be the
county jail it’s going to be a regional work camp. Are we changing statue or are we not changing
statue.
Don Monroe – it is changing statue to be allowed to be able to stay at those local facilities.
Commissioner Craft – we’ll have to watch that the cost does not fall back on the County
Government.
Mark Godwin – update on Drug Lab. July’s startup ran 615 test. Drug Lab is now opened 2
Sunday’s a month from 8:00 am to 10:00 am.
Suzanne Caudell – would like to have the misdemeanor and felony average violation and
probation population separate on chart.
JUDICIAL UPDATE:
Corrie Johnson – Legislature Leadership has agreed to not require the court at this time to cut
approximately 240 positions.
Judge Yacucci – thanked Major Tighe and his staff. Because of the storm, First Appearance was
done at the jail and Major Tighe and his staff were great as always.
NEW BUSINESS:
Mark Godwin – Chief Judge Roby asked for Mark’s help from 9/22 to 10/31. He is bringing in 3
additional judges. That will be 6 judges doing circuit criminal and 3 judges doing county criminal.
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Chief Judge Roby asked to relocate the circuit civil court over at the county chambers. Mark is
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meeting with Chief Judge Roby on September 3 to see what kind of plan can be crafted out in
conjunction with approval from the Board of County Commissioners.
ADJOURNMENT:
Commissioner Craft adjourned the meeting at 4:15 p.m.
Submitted by,
Carol Strobert
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD September 25, 2008