Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council Meeting

March 24, 2005

 

Minutes Prepared by

Diana Boyce

DJJ Partnership Coordinator

Circuit 6

 

The meeting was called to order by the Chair at 9:03 a.m.                    

 

Parliamentarian Tony Hinson facilitated the roll call. All who were in attendance are listed below. The Vice Chair and Secretary were excused due to unavoidable family emergencies.

 

Jackie Griffin-Doherty, Operation PAR (Chair) Active Voting if Tie; DJJ Provider

Tim Niermann, DJJ

Karen Segerberg, DJCS, Active Voting; Board of County  Commissioners

Pat McGhee, DJJ

Tony Hinson,  Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County (Parliamentarian), Active Voting; Children’s Services

James Uliasz, DJJ

Michael Whalen, Suncoast Center for CMH, Active, Voting; Other Interested Entities

Diana Boyce,

DJJ Partnership Coordinator Circuit 6

Jeannie Lewis, West Care, Active, Voting; DJJ Provider

 

Stacey Welton, Family Resources, Active, Voting;

DJJ Provider

 

Erin Fitzgerald, YMCA of the Suncoast, Voting Active;

DJJ Provider

 

Kathleen Peters, YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg,

Inactive, Non-Voting; DJJ Provider

 

Ed Short, PCSO, Voting Active; Local LEO

 

Stephanie Bell, Inactive, Non-Voting; DJJ Provider

 

Monica Quioco, Boley Centers for Behavioral Health Care, Inactive, Non-Voting; DJJ Provider

 

Donnie Williams, St. Petersburg Police Department

Inactive, Non Voting; Local LEO

 

Phyllis Cloman, Marriage and Family Center, Inactive, Non-Voting; Other Interested Entities

 

Joe Aschenbrenner, Family Resources, Inactive, Non-Voting; DJJ Provider

 

 

The Parliamentarian certified that there were 11 active members in attendance and 9 voting members in attendance, which constitutes a quorum according to the Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council By-Laws.

 

Correction Noted by Chair on 4/28/05: Upon further review of the Membership Roster and attendance sheets, there were 8 active members and 8 voting members in attendance, which DOES NOT constitute a quorum according to Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council By-Laws. Therefore, any Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council business conducted on March 24th must be re-addressed at the April 28th meeting.

The Chair began the meeting by introducing the new Circuit 6 and Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council Partnership Coordinator Diana Boyce. Ms. Boyce was given a warm welcome by Council members.

 

The first order of business was the approval of the February 24, 2005 minutes. There was a motion to approve minutes from 2/24/05 and seconded with the following amendment, name revision of Hope Kleinfield, Foundation YMCA to Sarasota YMCA Safe Children Coalition. The motion was unanimously approved.

 

Old business: Michael Whalen, Chair of the Outreach Committee, reviewed committee goals for the upcoming months. He advised Council members that the next meeting of the Outreach Committee would be held Saturday, April 9th @ the Seminole library.  He reviewed the details of the February 24th Special Inquiry meeting held in Clearwater. The Chair advised Council members that the Community Needs Committee, Outreach Committee and Strategic Plan Committee have to prioritize the completion of the Annual Report, which is due to DJJ in June 2005. Please submit any information to Michael Whalen, Tony Hinson or Jackie Griffin-Doherty.

 

The next Special Inquiry meeting of the Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council will be May 26th 6:30 – 8:30 @ Child Park facility. The Special Inquiry meeting in August will be held in Tarpon Springs. Mr. Whalen advised the Council that there is a need more committee members. He plans to hold meetings on Saturdays and in the evening to increase citizen participation. The evening meetings may be good for those individuals who are unable to make it during the day. This will be an opportunity to increase public awareness of the Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council.

 

The Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Three-Year Strategic Plan included recommendations from the Outreach Committee and Mr. Whalen advised Council members that he needed increased participation on the committee to assist with facilitating the surveys, coordinating Special Inquiry meetings and diversifying attendance.   Council members recommended that the Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council meeting, which follows the Special Inquiry meetings stay within timeframe allotted for the meeting and be solely focused on community needs, etc.

 

Website Update: The Chair advised Council members that she was disturbed that the website and Council related information had been taken down and moved to Justice4Kids website as an operational link. She advised the Council that this action did not assist in building trust and rapport among the Council as a whole.

 

Council members discussed the following information regarding a potential website.

 New Business: The Chair recommended that the Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council develop a youth consent form in order to ensure that the confidentiality of youth are protected. Tim Niermann of DJJ advised the Council that he will facilitate this request. 

 

The Chair advised Council members that if the Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council survey youth and families at DJJ facilities that we must follow the protocols provided by the DJJ IRB. The IRB must approve all surveys and individuals surveying youth must agree to be fingerprinted and background screened. There was much discussion regarding this issue.

Outreach Chair Michael Whalen objected that, JDC parking area is public property and is not subject to prior authorizations and surveys are PCJJC documents not subject to DJJ/IRB approval.  

 

The Chair discussed the issue of Proxy Voting and the difference between sending designated representatives to attend meetings on an active Council member’s behalf.

 

James J. Uliasz of the Pinellas Regional Detention Center advised the Council that he was impressed that youth in JDC created 57 posters and wrote 47 essays during Juvenile Justice Week. These were submitted to Tallahassee. There were no submissions by Council members to honor a child for their tremendous progress or to honor youth and their family members who have lost loved ones.

 

Grant Review Committee Recommendations:  There were seven individuals that were allowed to score and rank the grant proposals. Of the seven individuals, one individual did not submit the grant scores within the designated timeframe. Therefore, these scores are not included in the cumulative scores. The Council unanimously approved the Grant Review Committee recommendations listed below and thanked Council member Elizabeth Shaw for her recommendation as to how to appropriate the grant allocations.  Special thanks to all Council members who served on the Grant Review Committee!

 

Proposal Ranking

Agency

Scores

Proportion of Ranking

Amount of Funding

Total Amount       ($75,000 +%)

Highest ranked proposal

YMCA of Greater St. Pete

425

50%

$16,681

$91,681

Middle ranked proposal

YMCA for the SunCoast

421

33%

$11,010

$86,010

Lowest ranked proposal

Boley Centers / Behavioral Healthcare.

318

17%

$16,681

$80,672

Totals

 

 

100%

$33,363

$258,363

 

Announcements:  Pat McGhee and announced that the statewide meeting of Juvenile Justice Board Chairs will be held April 4, 2005 in Jacksonville. She also announced the availability of $1.5 million in Title V federal funding. Council members discussed utilizing the Three-Year Strategic Plan as the grant required plan, if Council members agree. Eligible grant applicants are restricted to City municipalities or Pinellas County.  After some discussion, this motion was unanimously approved by Council members.

 

The next Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council meeting will be held at 9 a.m., April 28, 2005 at the Pinellas Park facility.

 

There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 10:50 a.m.

 

The minutes were amended by the Chair on April 26-27, 2005 and April 8, 2005

Minutes approved w/ changes April 28, 2005

Corrections  to approved minutes made May 2, 2005 and May 19, 2005.