SEQ CHAPTER IPCSA Business Meeting Minutes

Fall Conference

October 20, 2006

Peoria, IL

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

President’s Message: President Torchia expressed his appreciation to the Executive Board for their support and acknowledged 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 Peoria County for their efforts in hosting the conference and presented a plaque of appreciation to Karen Grove who accepted on behalf of Peoria County.  A special thanks was extended to John Owens and Margie Gilmore in their efforts in securing vendors for the conference.  President Torchia thanked the JDAI Partners for their support with the association and their contributions to the conference.  In addition, President Mike Torchia thanked the CMO’s and members for their attendance at the conference.  We presently have 902 members in the association and President Torchia encouraged counties to support new membership.   

Approval of Minutes: Motion made by Tracy Burke of Bureau County  to approve the Spring 2006 Business meeting minutes, seconded by Mike Campbell of Sangamon County; motion carried. 

Charity Contribution: $500.00 was donated to the Peoria Rescue Ministries which is a 24 hour men’s mission that helps Probation and Parole clients.  

Election Results: John McCabe announced the election results.  The following are the new officers. 

President – elect - Frank Morelli

Region 2 Representative - Ken Burn

Statewide Representative - Dave Berry

Congratulations was extended to all the new officers. 

IPCSA Website: President Torchia reminded the membership that the IPCSA website continues to offer valuable information and asked the membership to bring to his attention any additional information they would like to see on the website.

Future Conferences: President-Elect Sid DeLair reported that the following Conference dates and locations have been set:

                        Spring ‘07                    April 18 – 20, 2007 at the

                                                            Doubletree in Bloomington, IL

                        Fall ‘07                        October 17-19, 2007 at the

                                                            Holiday Inn in Collinsville, IL

                        Spring ‘08                    April 16-18, 2008 at the

                                                            Crown Plaza in Springfield, IL

                        Fall ‘08                        October 22-24, 2008 at

                                                            Pheasant Run in DuPage County 

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

Legislative Report: Presented by John McCabe.  He reported that he will be working with Phil Dailing and his subcommittee of the CMO Committee to further explore the fiscal impact to probation departments in regards to the legislature proposed to increase the age of delinquency to 18.  He acknowledged Sid Delair and Scott Summers in addition to others from probation departments throughout the state that recently testified to the House Judiciary subcommittee in regards to sex offenders issues.  From this testimony, the legislative committee members are considering solutions suggested including the exploration of a tiered system of response directed at the risk of the individual sex offenders.  He updated everyone on the status of the Title 4E monies to help cover cost of juvenile services up to 50%.  The budget was increased to 5 million but additional counties were not added.  It is the hope next year to be able to increase the number of counties that can access the funds. 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Frank Morelli, Representative Chair, recognized and Scott Summers and Jerry Cabetto, co-chairs of the sex offender committee and Vince Murphy, co-chair of the CMO committee for their service as chairs of their committees.  They will be stepping down from their positions.      

Awards Committee:  Dave Beery thanked everyone for the award nominations

submitted. The winners were well deserved of their award.  He encouraged everyone if

their nomination was not selected to submit their name again next year. 

CMO Committee: Presented by Sid Delair.  Detention Reform (JDAI) and the partnership of IPCSA with the JDAI Initiative was discussed with the CMO’s.  Sid Delair outlined the IPCSA Executive Board goals that have been discussed and committed to with the JDAI partners.  They are as follows: 

1.      Training

-         For Executive Board -  the board will be educated on the JDAI Initiative by the end of  November by attending the JDAI site visit in Chicago

-         For CMO’s – CMO’s will be educated on the basics of the JDAI Initiative through three Regional Trainings provided by the IPCSA CMO Committee. 

-         For Detention Staff and Probation Officers – Provide training workshops during the conferences held in the Spring and Fall

2.      Educating on the importance of being involved with the JDAI Initiative with members of the association by covering the topics on the “Top 10 reasons why Jurisdictions should implement Juvenile Detention reform”

3.      Identify a specific Board Member to be liaison to both Partner’s Group and the                                                       

Detention/JDAI Committee – Kim Becker from the Executive Board was named the liaison.

4.      Engage the Detention/JDAI Committee on pointed discussions and requesting  their feedback on issues related to detention reform

*Youth Law Center Standards

*Risk Assessment/Detention Screening Tool

5.      Executive Board will play a more directive role with committees requesting 

     them to reach conclusions on issues presented to them and refer their decisions   

     back to the Executive Board

In addition, the committee heard from Cheryl Barrett, AOIC, who expressed their commitment in working with CMO’s and the JDAI Initiative.  John McCabe gave the Legislative update and Justice Benefits Inc. gave an update to the committee on the status of the Title IV – E  Monies .

Detention/JDAI Committee: Presented by Connie Keiser.  The committee met and discussed, examined, and redefined the committee’s role, particularly as it relates to the JDAI Initiative.  Association President Sid-Delair was in attendance to address the committee on behalf of the Executive Board.  Sid Delair explained that utilization of the IPCSA committee system might be the best way to promote the JDAI Initiative in Illinois.  He further pointed out that the collaboration will present the opportunity to strengthen IPCSA, attract new members and resource dollars to the organization and the profession.  He urged the committee to take advantage of opportunities to discuss issues and to take a legislative position and have a meaningful impact on issues that relate to detention and the probation profession.   Carmen Casas, The JDAI Coordinator for Cook County has offered to partner with the committee to share her expertise and provide information regarding the initiative. The committee has already reaped the benefits as many superintendents and their CMO’s were provided scholarships through JDAI and the Annie Casey Foundation to attend this conference and gained a greater understanding and appreciation for detention reform.  The committee is supportive of JDAI’s core strategies and will continue the work in promoting a healthy juvenile justice system in Illinois.  Kim Becker will serve as the liaison between the executive board, the JDAI Partners and our committee.  A meeting will be set in the near future as much work needs to be done to draft a meaningful and intentional work plan.  The committee also extended their best wishes to Lousie Loud who will be retiring. 

Pre-Trial Committee: Presented by Keith Cooper.  The first Illinois Pre-Trial Survey has been tabulated with the help of AOIC.  The committee hopes to put information into a power point presentation to get results out to everyone. 

Domestic Violence Committee: Presented by Linda Hart.  Linda expressed thanks to Joannie Gilbertson.  They are in the process of recruiting new membership.  The committee is spending some time in looking at DV specialized tools to use in conjunction with the LSI-R.  Their next meeting will be January 8, 2007. 

Gender Responsive Committee: Presented by Ava Carpenter.  They are in the process of recruiting new membership.  The committee will be developing a resource directory.  Their next meeting is set for February 16, 2007.  Ava announced that the committee will be doing a craft show at the Spring Conference in Bloomington. 

Membership Committee: Presented by Christine Actipes.  Their focus continues to be retaining current membership while recruiting new members.  The membership is up by 100.  The committee is providing a booth at all basic trainings provided by AOIC to recruit new members. The committee is working to have a link on the website in which members can submit their membership application. 

Program Committee: Presented by Jodi Blair.  She thanked her committee for all the help at this conference.  She welcomes any new members that would like to join the committee.  They will be starting to plan for the next conference immediately. 

Resource Committee: Presented by John Owens.  There were 26 Vendors at this conference and expressed his thanks to all of them.   

Old Business:  None

New Business: None

Motion to adjourned at 9:45 am by Bill Warnell from the 13^th Circuit and seconded by Christine Actipes from Cook County.  Motion Carried.  

 Respectfully Submitted, 

Kim Becker

IPCSA Secretary

November 15, 2006