(A) The County Board of Commissioners does hereby establish a body to assist the community corrections program known as the county Community Corrections Advisory Board.
(B) The aforementioned Community Corrections Advisory Board shall function pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 11-12-1-1.
(C) The Community Corrections Advisory Board shall consist of the following individuals:
(1) The County Sheriff;
(2) The Prosecuting Attorney;
(3) The Director of the county Welfare Department;
(4) The Mayor of the most populous municipality in the county;
(5) One Judge having criminal jurisdiction, appointed by the Circuit Court Judge;
(6) One Judge having juvenile jurisdiction, appointed by the Circuit Court Judge;
(7) One attorney with a substantial criminal defense practice, appointed by the Circuit Court Judge; and
(8) The following members, appointed by the County Board of Commissioners:
(a) One probation officer;
(b) One educational administrator;
(c) One representative of a private correctional agency, if such an agency exists in the county;
(d) One mental health administrator, or if there is none available in the county, one psychiatrist, psychologist, or physician;
(e) One ex-offender, if available; and
(f) Four lay persons, at least one of whom must be a member of a minority race if a racial minority resides in the county and a member of that minority is willing to serve and one of who may be a County Commissioner.
(D) Membership of the above-enumerated individuals shall be consistent with the provisions and terms as established in I.C. 11-12-2-2(b).
(E) The initial meeting of the Corrections Advisory Board shall be scheduled consistent with the provisions of I.C. 11-12-2-2(d), and the undertakings of the meeting shall further be consistent with the aforementioned statute.
(F) The Community Corrections Advisory Board may seek assistance from the Board of Commissioners and the County Council to carry out its work.
(G) (1) The Community Corrections Advisory Board shall report its activities on a quarterly basis to the County Board of Commissioners.
(2) The actions of the Community Corrections Advisory Board are advisory in nature and the recommendations or findings shall be reported to the Board of Commissioners, the County Sheriff, and any other individual officer or agency of the county appropriate under the circumstances.
(H) The Community Corrections Advisory Board is specifically authorized to undertake the process of applying for financial assistance, state, local, or federal, to facilitate the philosophy of community corrections programs of the county.
(I) The Community Corrections Advisory Board will create an executive committee consisting of not less than three or more than five members of the Community Corrections Advisory Board. The executive committee will consist of a County Commission member, a County Council member and one Judge if such persons are willing to serve on such executive committee. The Chairman of the Community Corrections Advisory Board by virtue of his or her position will automatically be a member of the executive committee. The Community Corrections Advisory Board will adopt procedures and guidelines for use by the executive committee to assist the Community Corrections Director in managing the day-to-day affairs of the Community Corrections Program. The purpose of the Community Corrections executive committee is to allow for management continuity between the executive director of the Community Corrections Program and the Advisory Board.
(`88 Code, § 2-148) (Ord. 90-13, passed 9-24-90; Am. Ord. 2003-13, passed 8-19-03)