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Council Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
311 Grand Avenue, Ste #105
Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
(360) 778-5010
Committee Minutes - Final
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
1:05 PM
Hybrid Meeting
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COUNCILMEMBERS
Barry Buchanan
Tyler Byrd
Jon Scanlon
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Cathy Halka, AICP, CMC
Council Criminal Justice and Public Committee Minutes - Final July 23, 2024
Safety Committee
Call To Order
Roll Call
Committee Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 1:06 p.m.
in a hybrid meeting.
Present: 3 - Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, and Jon Scanlon
Also Present: Todd Donovan, Ben Elenbaas, Kaylee Galloway, and Mark Stremler
Announcements
Special Presentation
1. A132024-480 Report from Juvenile Court
Stephanie Kraft, Superior Court Administrator, read from a presentation (on
file) about organizational changes in the last year, what Juvenile Court does
and its various programs and responsibilities, looking forward to the year
ahead, and challenges they are facing.
She answered what Juvenile Rehabilitation pausing intakes to the juvenile
institutions means and whether it is essentially stopping us from adding any
new youth to our juvenile detention center, and stated it does not impact our
ability to book youth into our facility. Youth who are sentenced within a
certain range for an offense are transitioned to the juvenile institution to
serve the remainder of their time, and this pause prevents those youth from
being transported from the County to the State facility. She answered
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come in and resources are freed up for services. She spoke about their
funding and stated our teenage population is largely un-talked about when
we are talking about services. She stated she thinks there will be needs
beyond what Medicaid would be able to provide.
This agenda item was REPORTED.
Items Added by Revision
There were no agenda items added by revision.
Other Business
There was no other business.
Adiournment
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Kristi Felbinger, Minutes Transcription
July 23, 2024
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WA
Barry Buchanan -via email 8/1/2024
Barry Buchanan, Committee Chair
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