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Comm. Minutes--June 3, 1991 681 MOTION, passed Mr. Risher moved and Mr. Eckert seconded that States Attorney John Goff develop the proper language in the contract with the city of Fargo to re-affirm the additional $7.00 per hour fee for prisoners held under Judge Thomas Davies DUl order to reflect that the fee be imposed when the sheriff has actually hired someone to be in charge of a particular person(s). On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 12. JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, Comprehensive plan adopted A juvenile services committee consisting of Don Rudnick, Kathy Hogan, Mary Hall, John Goff and Bonnie Johnson recommended a comprehensive juvenile services program which will take steps necessary to limit placement liability for Cass County, according to County Coordinator Bonnie Johnson. She said the plan has been praised by state officials, including Al Lick, Director of the Division of Juvenile Services, and by Terry Traynor, North Dakota Association of Counties Juvenile Justice Coordinator. The Model Project study found the Cass County Juvenile Detention Center to be under-utilized and expensive to operate. The first recommendat ion of the juvenile services committee is to begin a billing process through the Department of Juvenile Services to recover allowable costs. Mrs. Toussaint asked if a billing process was followed previously, and Mrs. Johnson said it was not. Start ing January 1,1991, Mrs. Johnson said the Sheriff's Department began keeping a log of the juveniles booked in, and now they can send a bill to the State of North Dakota for reimbursement since that time. There has been a drastic increase in the number of juveniles going through the social service system, according to director Kathy Hogan. Because of the pressure on the system, she saw a need to cooperate with all agencies involved. MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mr. Risher seconded to adopt the comprehensive juvenile services plan in Cass County with the following components: 1) The billing process through the Department of Juvenile Services to recover costs shall begin immediately; 2) The rate schedule for detainees in the juvenile detention center as adopted by the commission shall be implemented and all contract holders shall be notified; 3) The Attendant Care program shall be moved to the Juvenile Detention Center with administration of the program continuing through Lutheran Social Services as outlined in a letter dated May 20, 1991, from the North Dakota Association; and 4) The detention center staff shall participate in the training program which will be funded by the NDACo staff. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.