Call to Order: President DeLair called meeting to order at 8:55a.m.

 

President’s Message: President DeLair expressed his appreciation to the Executive Board for their hard work and acknowledged and thanked Carol Gierut for her work behind the scenes as the Association Executive Assistant.  He recognized Jody Blair, Sara Spang and the Program committee for their hard work on putting the conference together.  He thanked the staff of Mclean County for their outstanding work in hosting the conference and presented a plaque of appreciation to Roxanne Castleman who accepted on behalf of McLean County.  He thanked the CMO’s for sending staff to the conference.  This is an organization to proud of.  He expressed that we need to increase membership to the Association and encourage other CMO’s and staff to join.  Special thanks were extended to John Owens and Margie Gilmour in their efforts in securing vendors for the conference. 

 

Everyone was encouraged to send in the printed card in their packet to their Legislator in favor of passing the proposed SLEP Bill.  Thanks were expressed to the hotel staff for their service for the conference.  We had 325 registered participants for the Spring Conference.  President DeLair presented Mike Torchia a gift in appreciation and sincere gratitude for his service as president of our association.  A proclamation from the Governor declaring April 20, 2007 as Probation Officers Day in Illinois was read by President DeLair.  The winner was picked for the Vendor Signature Cards.  Winners were Bill Warnell, Sara Broyles, Jen Sullivan, and Joe Cleary.  

 

Approval of Minutes: Motion made by Rick Einfeldt from the 21^st Circuit and seconded by Phil Dailing from McHenry County to approve the Fall Conference 2007 Business meeting minutes; motion carried. 

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Charity Contribution: Roxanne Castleman presented a $500.00 check to Project OZ and Crime Stoppers of McLean County.  President DeLair presented Mike Hancox a $750.00 donation to the Frank Calkins Benefit from the profits of the Cubs Tickets sold.  

 

Golf Outing Report

President DeLair reported that 52 people participated in the golf outing at Ironwood.  Steven Kossman received the award for lowest score.  Thanks were expressed to Ironwood Golf Course and organizers Ed Walsh and Ed Swies

 

IPCSA Website: President DeLair encouraged everyone to register their e-mail on the website to receive ongoing information from the Association. 

 

Future Conferences: The Fall Conference will take place October 17–19, 2007 in

Collinsville, Illinois

 

Treasurer Report: Mike Carey advised the membership that IPCSA assets total approximately $62,000.00. 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

Mike Torchia, Representative Chair, thanked CMO’s for allowing staff to participate on committees.  He thanked Ron Elias and Gary Balgemann, Co-Chairs of the Victim Committee, Nicole Depke, Chair of the Membership Committee, and Ben Manley, Chair of the Evening Reporting Committee for their service. They will be stepping down from their positions.     

 

Awards Committee:  Presented by Dave Beery, Co-Chair.  They will be taking nominations for awards this summer.  Nominations need to be submitted to the committee by August 15, 2007.

 

CMO Committee: Presented by Greg Martin, Co-Chair.  He expressed appreciation to CMO’s for the great turnout at the meeting.  The committee went over the proposed HB to change the age of delinquency.  A lot of discussion was on the fiscal impact the bill will have on departments.  There was also discussion on the proposed SLEP bill.  Margie Groot gave the AOIC report.  She commented on the favorable report from Judge Thomas supporting an 8% increase for the 2008 budget for the Probation Division.  This is the biggest increase in many years. 4E monies were also discussed.  This is another possible revenue stream for juvenile services.  A report from the Association’s lobbyist, John McCabe, and Justice Benefits Incorporated expressed hope that the legislators will add additional funding to the budget to open up the opportunity for more counties to begin the process of collecting 4E funding.

 

Detention/JDAI Committee: Presented by Sue Korpai, Co-Chair.  The committee had a meeting in Lake County on March 1^st with a good representation of members present.  More counties are expressing interest in partnering with the JDAI Initiative.  The committee discussed training topics to provide at the fall conference.  They also spoke on legislative issues related to detention.  There will be a JDAI statewide conference in the fall sponsored by the JDAI Partners Group.  The next meeting will be in June or July in Sangamon County.

 

Domestic Violence Committee: Presented by Linda Hart.  The committee has developed a statewide brochure that will be distributed.  There was discussion about training topics for the Fall Conference.  The committee spent time looking at DV specialized tools to use in conjunction with the LSI-R.  New co-chair of the committee will be Boyd Presley.

 

Gender Responsive Committee: Presented by Melissa Spooner.  The committee held a craft show at this conference and donated $166.00 to the YWCA of McLean County to benefit Stepping Stone.   

 

Legislative Report: Presented by John McCabe.  The study has been completed on evaluating the fiscal impact from HB 1517/1518 which rises the age of delinquency.  The study showed that caseloads will rise by a 1/3 and will cost approximately 44 million dollars.  This

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