DATE: June 20, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Rick Chavez, Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Agreement with SCRAM of California, Inc. to provide offender paid electronic monitoring services and equipment
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Authorize the Probation Department's continued operation of an offender paid electronic monitoring program; and
2. Approve and authorize Chairman to execute an Agreement with SCRAM of California, Inc. to provide offender paid electronic monitoring services and equipment to the Probation Department, effective July 1, 2017, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions ($0).
REPORT
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions, as the adult electronic monitoring (EM) program is offender funded. The County's existing agreement for adult offender paid electronic monitoring services and equipment expires on June 30, 2017. Penal Code Section 1203.016(a) states the Board of Supervisors of any county may authorize the Correctional Administrator (Chief Probation Officer) to offer a program in which minimum security inmates and low-risk offenders committed to a county jail may voluntarily participate in an electronic monitoring/house arrest program in lieu of confinement in the county jail. Therefore, the recommended actions authorize the Probation Department's continued operation of the offender paid EM program and approves a new contract for these services.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board does not approve the second recommended action, the existing agreement will expire on June 30, 2017. The Probation Department would be without a vendor to provide electronic monitoring services/equipment to adults until such time as an alternate vendor could be selected and a new agreement comes before your Board.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions, as the adult EM Program is offender f...
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