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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee
July 24, 2018
CALL TO ORDER
Committee Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m. in the
Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
ROLL CALL
Present: Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, and Satpal Sidhu
Absent: None
Also Present: Tim Ballew, Barbara Brenner, Rud Browne, and Todd Donovan
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Deborra Garrett, Superior Court Judge, thanked the councilmembers for approving
funding for a pretrial risk assessment tool for Superior Court and gave a staff report on the
plans and progress of the Pretrial Processes Workgroup. She answered questions on
coordinating services with District Court and potential liability for the County from pretrial
release of Superior Court defendants.
1. ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE (AB2018 -066)
Starck Follis, Public Defender, reported on the appointment of the Chief Deputy
Public Defender Angela Anderson; annual statistics on case loads; expanding staff and staff
training; and the need for new case management software. He answered questions on the
percentage of Public Defender clients who don't have access to cell phones for court
reminder calls and the reasons for increasing caseloads.
2. REPORT FROM COUNCILMEMBER BARRY BUCHANAN AND DISTRICT COURT
ADMINISTRATOR BRUCE VAN GLUBT ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL POLICY
ACADEMY CONFERENCE (AB2018 -017)
Buchanan reported on the recent conference, including conference topics regarding
young adults in the criminal justice system, the sequential intercept model, addressing
racial disparity in the jail system, and reentry services. Over the next year, the
Bellingham /Whatcom conference participants will develop joint City /County goals, and then
return to next year's conference.
Bruce Van Glubt, District Court Administrator, continued to report on the conference
from his perspective as an administrator, not a legislator, and augmenting data collection in
the local criminal justice system.
OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
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ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 2:15 p.m.
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