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Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council June 22, 2006 —
Report of the Chair
Committees
- Zero Tolerance Committee: The Zero Tolerance Committee
was an ad hoc committee. It was assembled to address a specific one-time
issue. The mission of the Zero Tolerance Committee, Chaired by Rev. Bruce
Wright, was to provide input to the Three Year Strategic Plan 2004-2007. The
committee did that. In fact, the committee’s work is the support for the
Councils plea for a moratorium on school-related arrests of disorderly
conduct and disruption of school environment. With the committee’s work
completed, the Council Chair contacted Rev. Wright on June 18, 2006 to
notify him that the committee is disbanded. A
copy of the email to Rev. Wright announcing this is submitted for the
record.
- Outreach Committee: The Outreach Committee is
presently inactive. Council Chair Plyer relieved Outreach Committee Chair
Ortiz of further service by way of an email of June 18, 2006.
A copy of that email is submitted for
the record.
- Other Inactive Standing Committees: The Community
Planning Committee and the Community Needs Committee are inactive. Refer to
Article VI of the bylaws for details about standing committees.
- Nomination Committee: Two significant events are just
a few months away. At the September meeting, the Council will elect new
officers. Then, at the October meeting , the Council will appoint seven
representatives to serve a two-year term as members of the Circuit 6
Juvenile Justice Board. For more information on the election of officers,
refer to Article V of the bylaws. For information on board appointments,
refer to Article VII of the bylaws. I have appointed Vice Chair Sullivan to
serve as Chair of the Nomination Committee.
Moratorium on school-related arrests for “Disorderly
Conduct” and “Disruption of School Environment”
Vice Chair Matt Sullivan will report on the School Board workshop on Discipline
of June 13, 2006. Membership Registrar Cathy Corry, acting as President of
Justice4Kids.org, will report on her discussions with DJJ and subsequent letter
from Secretary Schembri on alternatives to school-related arrest.
Support from DJJ
Tim Niermann, Circuit 6 Chief Probation Officer, Department of Juvenile
Justice, for expanding the voice message on the JJCRISP telephone number
(727-893-1247) to include a contact name and telephone number for the Pinellas
and Pasco County Juvenile Justice Councils and the Circuit 6 Juvenile Justice
Board. Thanks, again, to Tim for resuming post card notification of Council
meetings.
Next Council meeting: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 27,
2006 at the Seminole Community Library, 9200 113th Street N.,
Seminole, FL 33772. The Council received a letter from the Seminole Community
Library, dated June 14, stating that, due to early voting for the primary
elections, the Council’s meeting room has been pre-empted on August 24 and
October 26, 2006. The Council meetings on those dates will still be at the
library but not in this room.
This report is submitted for the record by PCJJC Chair Dave
Plyer 6/22/06.
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