Pretrial Services Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes

October 19, 2005

IPCSA fall Conference

Holliday Inn, Decatur
 

Members Present:  Anita Maxey (Macon), Gary Nelsen (Macon), David Hitchcock (AOIC), Sharjeel Rizvi (Kankakee), Rich Ludolph (AOIC)

The committee held a meeting at the IPCSA Fall Conference.  The first item of business was the minutes from the previous meeting which were accepted with no corrections or additions. 

Rich Ludolph was introduced to the committee as the new AOIC contact person.  Rich is primarily handling the Interstate Compact initiatives, but has the additional responsibility to work with Pretrial Services.  The committee welcomed Rich as our newest addition.  We are looking forward to working with Rich on all of our “works in progress”.

Discussion next surrounded the survey initiative.  The AOIC has offered to partner with our efforts to obtain information from the Illinois counties to determine the nature and extent of Pretrial Services being offered around the state.  Recognizing that Pretrial Services may look different in varying jurisdictions, we would like to ensure that we are all on “the same page” with the same mission and vision.   It was decided that we would utilize the IPCSA Directory, along with information from the Administrative Office to further identify agencies to which the surveys will be sent.  We recognize that phone calls may be necessary to prompt the expedited return of the surveys for the committee’s tabulation. 

The committee would like to meet again before the holidays.  There was discussion about returning to the previous practice of visiting Pretrial programs around the state to further our networking and program understanding initiatives.  This discussion was tabled for the next meeting.  Committee members will receive notice of the time, date, and location, via e-mail.  With that, the committee meeting was adjourned.