Title
Adopt Resolution to:
a. Authorize the Public Defender or Assistant Public Defender to execute Grant Agreement number BSCC169-23 with the State of California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), for a no-cost extension providing the County of Monterey Public Defender with an additional twenty months, from July 1, 2023 through February 28, 2025, to continue the Indigent Defense Grant program Attorney & Case Management Enhancement (ACME) project originally executed under Grant Agreement number BSCC 169-20; and
b. Approve the delegation of authority to the Public Defender or Assistant Public Defender to act on the County's behalf to carry out and consummate all transactions contemplated during the grant period.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Adopt Resolution to:
a. Authorize the Public Defender or Assistant Public Defender to execute Grant Agreement number BSCC169-23 with the State of California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), for a no-cost extension providing the County of Monterey Public Defender with an additional twenty months, from July 1, 2023 through February 28, 2025, to continue the Indigent Defense Grant program Attorney & Case Management Enhancement (ACME) project originally executed under Grant Agreement number BSCC 169-20; and
b. Approve the delegation of authority to the Public Defender or Assistant Public Defender to act on the County's behalf to carry out and consummate all transactions contemplated during the grant period.
SUMMARY:
The Public Defender office applied and was awarded an Indigent Defense Grant to develop the Attorney and Case Management Enhancement project (ACME) through the State of California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) in the amount of $637,000 to be funded for a period commencing on February 15, 2021 through June 30, 2023. This 20 month, no-cost extension permits the Public Defender to continue expend the remaining gran...
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