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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0061.000 2018-2020 Harry Kim �`�us ems'% Deanna S. Sako Mayor : : � Director County of Hawaii Finance Department 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2103 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 (808)961-8234 • Fax(808)961-8569 c C) C--"Z January 3, 2019 r Aaron Chung, Council Chair and Members of the Hawai`i County Council f� Hawai`i County Council • 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 r Re: Operating Budget The County of Hawai`i has been awarded $7,000 in federally-derived funds from the State of Hawai`i Department of the Attorney General's Hawai`i Criminal Justice Data Center(HCJDC). These funds will be used to reimburse overtime costs incurred by staff of the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney while they research charges identified by the HCJDC. Enclosed is a resolution to enter into an agreement with the HCJDC to accept these funds. Also enclosed is a bill for an ordinance amending the Operating Budget by appropriating this $7,000 grant. • The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney requests that this resolution and bill be waived from the Finance Committee and be placed on the January 23, 2019 Council agenda. If there are any questions,please do not hesitate to call Lee Lord of the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney at 934- 3315. Deanna S. Sako Director of Finance Enc. c: Prosecutor <Re ,. 3 ,- q . 2,; lt 1�1 (0i Comm. No. �/�Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Ref. To: CVIAI Ilii(i Ifc) Ref. note JAN 0 4 2019 Form #: B-52 7/18/91 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING DEPARTMENT: ATTORNEY DATE: 12/27/2018 STAFF CONTACT: Lee Lord, Business Manager PHONE: 934-3315 A. REQUEST: We are requesting that the county accept an additional $7,000 for the Prosecutor's office to utilize for the disposition research and documentation project. We request the Council's permission to accept the $7,000 Federal funds passed through the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center, at the State of Hawaii, Deprtment of the Attorney General. They will reimburse the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney (OPA) $7,000 for costs for overtime incurred by OPA staff while they research charges identified by the HCJDC with overdue dispositions. We are requesting to use Revenue account 3309.39 and Expenditure account 010.271.5272.03.021 We request to amend Ordinance 18-69 as amended, the Operating Budget for The County of Hawaii for the fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2018 We are requesting the waiving of further reading so as to expedite this process as time is an issue for this project. B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED): Currently there remains cases in the State data bank that have no disposition. There are many reasons that the cases were not finalized. The Hawaii Criminal Data Justice Center is requesting our continued additional assistance in researching the cases that have no disposition and report to them what the findings are. We have estimated the amount of time it would take to research and document the findings. The Hawaii Criminal Data Justice Center, which is part of the Attorney General's office, which is part of the State, is now willing to pay the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, towards the overtime costs, up to $7,000 to work on this project. K(U\ U1L ,SIGNED: 49--Q-4(3121 DATE: ta 1 a1 1 GRANT SUMMARY (Supplement to B-52,Request for Council Action) Type of Grant Appropriation being requested: (New or an additional appropriation) 1 New(for this fiscal year period). OR ® Additional appropriation(to an existing grant); Is a draft agreement attached? Has the original grant notification been transmitted to ❑ Yes n No Council? ® Yes ❑ No Name of Grant Program: Hawai`i Criminal Justice Center Disposition Project Grantor: State of Hawai`i Department of the Attorney General - Hawai`i Criminal Justice Data Center County Grantee Department or Agency: Office of the Prosecuting Attorney County Grantee Contact Person: Lee Lord Phone Number: 934-3315 Amount of Grant: $7,000 Grant Period(Commencement& Completion): Commencement 01/01/2018 Completion 03/29/2019 Purpose of Grant: Cove r the costs of overtime for Prosecutor staff to research and close-out delinquent cases that have not had their final dispositions documented. Funding Source: ®Federal ['Federal, passed-through state ❑State *If Federal,passed-through state, provide Federal Agency: Department of Justice County Match required?: ❑ Yes ® No If yes, Matching Amount? Budgeted in account# : In-kind? Explain: Explanation: County's personnel requirements: Amount of new position(s)? Qty: Permanent: n Temporary: ❑, Duration: Full-time: ❑ Part-time: n, Time Element: Qty: Contractual: ❑ Explain: Explanation: Additional Comments about Grant: The Hawai`i County's Prosecutor's office has been working to assign dispositon codes to cases which are delinquent and have not been closed. Staff research the dispositons and then assign disposition codes in the state electronic system to finalize the close out. B-52 Grant Summary Form OJ�TY,QF,Hg4', AARON S.Y.CHUNG MAILE MEDEIROS DAVIDN KAREN EOFF Chairperson • ��,��': MATT KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER *i��r.��; �I. :*% ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ HERBERT M."TIM"RICHARDS,III _ =_ -= i SUSAN L.K.LEE LOY Vice Chair ''•. Ot•S+ MA .•;op` VALERIE T.POINDEXTER gF•OF•HP`r` REBECCA VILLEGAS HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii Hawai'1 County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo,Hawai'i 96720 January 4, 2019 Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair Hawai`i County Council 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 RE: Resolution No. 36-19 : RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, HAWAII CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA CENTER PURSUANT TO HRS 46-7, FOR A GRANT TO THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY Bill No. 14 : AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 18-68, AS AMENDED, THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2019 Pursuant to Section 2(g) of Rule 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Council of the County of Hawai`i, this written request is submitted with my approval that the above-referenced matter be waived from the Committee on Finance to the full Council for immediate action. In reviewing this matter,timely approval is crucial. It is therefore advantageous that approval is granted and the matter be placed onto the next Council agenda for review. However, in the event this request is denied, for whatever reason, I understand the matter shall be referred to the Committee on Finance for placement on its future agenda. Sincerel AWN! , Maile David, Chairperson Committee on Finance Approve ate/Waive to Council: Disapproved/Date/Refer to FC: eAaron S.Y. Chung, Council CharAaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair Hawaii County Council 1141204 Hawai`i County Council Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer