Agenda Item # 2
Columbus Consolidated Government
Council Meeting
08/01/06
Agenda Report # 14
TO: Mayor and Council
SUBJECT: Probation Services Contract
INITIATED BY: City Manager?s Office
Recommendation: Approval is requested to amend the contract with for
the with Georgia Probation Services, Inc., to increase probation supervision
fees from $30 to $35 per month for regular probation supervision and from $50
to $55 for intensive probation supervision for misdemeanor offenses for the
Superior Court and Municipal Court.
Background: In 1992 the Official Code of Georgia, 42-8-100, provided a
process for establishment of agreements between chief judges of county courts
and corporations, enterprises, or agencies for probation services. This law
provided that the chief judge of any court within the county, with the approval
of the governing authority of that county, is authorized to enter into
memoranda of agreement or other written documents evidencing contracts with
corporations, enterprises, or agencies, or to establish a county probation
system.
Analysis: The Courts and Georgia Probation Services, Inc., entered into an
agreement for probation services on March 7, 1997 Resolution #199-97. Both
parties agree that inflation since the date of the original agreement justifies
increases in monthly probation supervision fees and that provision should be
made for future adjustments of said probation fees to keep pace with inflation.
Financial Considerations: The cost associated with the proposed amendment will
be passed on to individuals placed on probation. The City will not realize any
revenue or incur any expenditure from this program.
Legal Considerations: The law authorized the judges to enter into the contract
with the approval of the governing authority. The Council by approving these
contracts will comply with the requirements under the law of the judges to
contract with Georgia Probation Services.
Recommendations/ Actions: Approval is requested to amend the probation service
contract with Georgia Probation Services.
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