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N N, <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners <br />FROM: Dylan Reingold, County Attorney <br />DATE: November 22, 2021 <br />SUBJECT: Indian River County — St. Lucie County Interlocal Agreement for Pre -Trial Services <br />BACKGROUND. <br />On October 12, 2021, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners voted to move forward <br />with establishing a pre-trial services program with St. Lucie County running the program. St. Lucie <br />County has a pre-trial services program which provides a number of different services, such as GPS <br />monitoring, curfew and house arrest compliance, establishing exclusion zones, and drug and alcohol <br />testing. The pre-trial program is utilized by judges as an alternative to having a defendant spend time <br />before trial in jail. <br />In order to memorialize this cooperative arrangement, St. Lucie County has proposed the attached <br />interlocal agreement. The annual cost of the program is expected to be $250,744.55. Roughly $35,800 of <br />this is for upfront costs in establishing the program here in Indian River County. The intent is to have the <br />program running by April 1, 2022. <br />FUNDING. <br />Funding in the amount of $250,745 for the annual cost of the Pre -Trial Services program is scheduled to <br />be split between the County and the Sheriff. The Sheriff has stated that there are sufficient funds available <br />in his approved budget to cover his share of the expenses. A budget amendment to fund the County's <br />share of $125,373 will require a budget amendment from General Fund/Reserve for Contingency. <br />RECOMMENDATION. <br />The County Attorney's Office recommends that the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners <br />approve the proposed interlocal agreement and authorize the chair to sign any documents necessary to <br />effectuate the interlocal agreement, after review and approval by the County Attorney. <br />ATTACHMENT. <br />Interlocal Agreement <br />120 <br />