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PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT
FY2015 Amendment No. 3
SOURCE OF FUNDING: Property Tax - Tax Increment Financing Surplus
IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $812,000.00
EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Additional staff resources for the Adult Probation Department, Public Defender's Office, and the State's Attorney's Office, to increase each department's capacity to focus on the release and diversion of pre-trial detainees.
BUDGETARY UNIT: Departments 250, 260, 280 110 Salary Account, Department 499 Account Health Benefits 176
COMMENTS: These resources will be devoted to 11 new positions, for the purpose of collaborating around pre-trial release and pre-trial diversion of inmates at the Cook County Jail. Three L1s, step 1, are included in the Public Defender's Office, 3 ASAs, step 348, are included in the State's Attorney's Office, and five Pre-Trial Officers, step 1, are included for Adult Probation. Fringe health benefits are also included in Fixed Charges.
Adult Probation, the Public Defender's Office, and the State's Attorney's Office, have a need for additional resources for the diversion and release of inmates awaiting their trial. Several initiatives are either in development or ongoing in each department to serve this purpose. It is the intention of this amendment that the departments utilize the additional resources to expand their capacity to serve inmates, pre-trial, and to focus their efforts on this issue.
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