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WELD COUNTY COUNCIL
July 19, 2021
The Weld County Council met in regular session in full conformity with the Weld County Home
Rule Charter at 6:30 p.m., Monday, July 19, 2021, at the Weld County Administration Building,
1150 0 Street, Greeley, CO.
ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order by President James Welch. Councilmembers Nancy
Teksten, Tonya L. Van Beber, Rupert Parchment and Elijah Hatch were present, constituting a
quorum of members. Also present was Council Secretary Linda Kane.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA :
Councilmember Teksten made a motion to approve the agenda, seconded by
Councilmember Parchment and carried.
APPROVAL OF DOCUMENTATION:
Approval of June 21, 2021, Minutes
Councilmember Hatch made a motion to approve the June minutes, seconded by
Councilmember Teksten, and the motion carried.
REVIEW PROGRAM:
Doug Erler, Justice Services
Mr. Erler, Director of the Weld County Justice Services, reports directly to commissioners.
The department was developed by commissioners in 2008. Since then, the department has
gained 39 staff members.
Mr. Erler explained his department does everything the sheriff and district attorney do not. One
of the biggest parts of his department relates to community corrections. He described it as a
unique model, funded by the state, to run a community corrections facility.
He described it as a residential facility where individuals can be sent instead of prison. The
facility can also be used as a step down before parole. Clients are monitored, drug tested and
focused on employment. If a client violates the rules, he can be sent to prison.
A board of directors has oversight responsibilities. It decides who is accepted to the facility.
Prior to Covid, the facility had 194 clients. Currently, it has about 163 with 41 clients in a non-
residential supervisory program.
Clients can earn privileges including visiting loved ones or overnight furloughs. The program
offers GED classes, life skills classes and intensive treatment for substance abuse. Mr. Erler
estimated that roughly half of the clients work at JBS.
Another service his department offers is pretrial services. This includes an initial risk screening
of someone newly booked into jail and pretrial supervision and monitoring.
While the facility is co-ed, females receive different services, Mr. Erler said. He said woman's
services are more focused on life -skill issues including support for pregnancy.
The department's electronic home monitoring program blew up during Covid. The program
was managed by the sheriffs department until about five years ago.
For additional information, please see Addendum 1.
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PUBLIC COMMENT:
There was no public comment.
NEW BUSINESS:
Coordinator Reports/Councilman Reports
Councilmember Hatch said the extension office is hoping to have a new director hired and in
place within about 30 days.
Bills
Councilmember Van Beber made a motion to approve bills, it was seconded by Councilmember
Parchment and carried. The bills were paid as follows:
o Weld County Phone Bill for June $25.00
OLD BUSINESS:
There was no old business.
ADJOURNMENT:
By acclamation, the meeting was adjourned at 7:32 p.m.
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Council President, James Welch
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Council Secretary, Linda Kane
Justice Services Department
Organizational Structure — 2021
Board of County
Commissioners
Justice Services
Department
Doug Erler
ommunity Correction
Administration
ommunity Corrections
program - Intervention
community Corrections
Services (ICCS)
retrial Service
Work Release
AMbelaumic
Main Points of Contact
Sharon Behrens, Community Corrections Administration
Lindsay Kelly, Pretrial Services
Dianna Campbell, Work Release and Electronic Home Monitoring
lectronic Monitoring
Administration (GEO
Reentry Services)
Overview of Current Justice Services Departmental Functions:
1. Community Corrections Administration (West Annex office, 901 10th Ave. Greeley) —
Performs fiscal oversight and guidance to the Weld County Community Corrections
Board and sub -contracted service vendor based at the Weld County Community
Corrections Facility, overall contract administration and program coordination with the
State Division of Criminal Justice, Department of Corrections, and District Courts —
Primary contact is Community Corrections Technician III, Sharon Behrens.
Community Corrections Program (1101 H Street, Greeley) — Intervention Community
Corrections Services ("ICCS) is the current provider of community corrections services in
Weld County and they lease use of the Weld County Community Corrections Facility.
Contracted services began July 1, 2008. ICCS is a Colorado based, non-profit agency.
Local services include residential and non-residential supervision of adult offenders
sentenced directly by a Colorado District Court or from the Department of Corrections
as a step-down transition to the community. The program provides an array of onsite or
by referral, services to offenders to include job placement assistance, vocational and
educational assistance, drug and alcohol, domestic violence and anger management
treatment. Close monitoring of the movement and behavior of offenders while in the
facility and/or in the community, frequent drug and alcohol testing and area/personal
searches conducted.
2. Pretrial Services (West Annex office, 901 10th Ave. Greeley) — Performs daily pretrial
release assessment of new arrestees at the jail and community supervision of adult
defendants released from jail or on summons during the pretrial stages of their criminal
cases - Primary contact is Pretrial Services Manager, Lindsay Kelly.
3. Work Release Facility (1390 N. 17th Ave., Greeley) — Alternative sentencing program
option for the Courts in lieu of using the Weld County Jail for sentenced
misdemeanants, traffic violators and/or certain felony offenders. Primary contact is
Alternative Sentencing Programs Director, Dianna Campbell.
4. Electronic Home Monitoring (1390 N. 17th Ave., Greeley and vendor, 810 9th St., Greeley)
- Alternative sentencing program option for the Courts in which offenders are ordered
to remain at their approved residence with placement on a GPS tracking device, in lieu
of a traditional sentence to the Weld County Jail. Services are delivered by a sub-
contracted vendor, with daily coordination and oversight by the department. Primary
contact is Alternative Sentencing Programs Director, Dianna Campbell.
Some basic numbers...as of today.
Pretrial Services —1,605 defendants currently on court -ordered pretrial release
(community) supervision); 7 -days a week, pretrial personnel also screen new arrestees at the jail for
daily bond hearings; since 1/1/2021, 1,272 risk assessments completed and 393 Domestic Violence
Screening Instruments (DVSI) reports completed.
Work Release Facility — 83 clients currently in facility (on 3/6/2020, when COVID hit it was 201);
recently adjusted to increase our operational capacity to 128 clients (112 males, 16 females); 1 client
tested positive for COVID over the weekend (Court ended placement and the client is no longer with the
program); ongoingly work with WCDPHE to ensure safe protocols.
Electronic Home Monitoring -111 clients currently in this program in the community.
Work Release
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUNE
WORK RELEASE ENTRY
Average
TL,t I5
Fercertage
Total Number of Discharged Clients
31
37
50
33
49
41
40
241
Successful Completions
21
22
35
22
34
29
27
163
68%
Positive
Court Ordered Release
2
2
1
4
0
3
2
12
7%
72.6%
Warrants / In -custody / ICE
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
4
2%
'deutral
Ineligible for Program
2
0
3
0
1
1
1
7
3%
4.6%
Voluntary Terminations
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
1%
N=crlIave
Absconders / Walk -Away
4
3
5
2
1
1
3
16
7%
22.8%
Technical Regressions to Secured Custody
2
8
5
4
11
7
6
37
15%
Electronic Monitoring Home Detention
HOME DETENTION DISCHARGES
Total Number of Discharged Clients
JAN
69
FEB
77
MAR
83
APR
84
MAY
66
JUNE
53
Average
72
Totals
432
Percentage
Successful Completions
63
70
72
76
60
49
65
390
90%
Positive
Court Ordered Release
0
1
1
2
0
1
1
5
1%
91.4%
Warrants / In -custody/ ICE
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0%
Neutral
Ineligible for Program
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0%
o.s%
Voluntary Terminations
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0%
Nenalr.e
Absconders/Walk-Away
3
0
1
2
1
3
2
10
2%
8.1%
Technical Regressions to Secured Custody
2
6
9
3
5
0
4
25
6%
Community Corrections Facility & Administration —163 clients currently in facility, (mid -March, 2020 it
was 194), 41 clients currently on more permanent non-residential supervision status = 2O4 total clients
on Community Corrections sentence status; currently no clients on facility/room quarantine or on
temporary home isolation furlough, due to COVID precautions; no staff issues. ADMIN — since 1/1/2021,
455 offender referrals screened for placement by ICCS -3 Department/Community Corrections Board, all
billings/invoices/auditing/tracking of ICCS is done by our Department.
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