To: Dale K. Weighill, Governmental Operations Committee Chairperson
From: Rochelle Brown, Prosecutor’s Office Operations Director
title
RE: Request for overnight travel to Extradition conference
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Request and approval for registration, overnight travel, and attendance by up to two members of the Prosecutor’s staff to the National Association of Extradition Official’s 59th Annual Training Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin May 19-21, 2024. Authorize the expenditure from account 2650-296.01- 910.004 PROSECUTOR FORFEITURE- TRAINING. The total request is for up to $4,000.00.
BACKGROUND:
The Prosecutor’s office handles many extraditions and IADs every year. The program is creative, complex, and full of information. This annual conference allows users from across the country to gather and is an integral part of our ongoing professional development and networking opportunities.
DISCUSSION:
With our reorganization and our best efforts to expand knowledge, it is essential to network with other professionals within the criminal justice system and learn of the newest and most efficient methods of this process.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
None
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
The funding for this training will come from the Prosecutor’s forfeiture fund. This is a permissible activity on which law enforcement may expend its forfeiture funds. No general fund money will be used. We request no more than $4,000.00 from the 2650-296.01-910.004 PROSECUTOR FORFEITURE- TRAINING account. Estimated costs are $1,300 for registration, $1,192 for accommodations, $1,000 for flight travel, $70 transportation to/from airport and $220.80 per diem.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
None
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
Conforms to promote safe communities, community growth, and long-term financial stability. The training will help staff expand their current depth of knowledge into a developing system that will continue to function in the prosecutor’s office well in the future. This will allow cases to proceed more smoothly through the prosecutor’s office into the criminal justice system.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to authorize travel and overnight lodging for up to two staff members to attend the National Association of Extradition Official’s 59th Annual Training Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 19 - 21, 2024, at a total cost not to exceed $4,000.00 to be paid from account 2650-296.01-910.004 (Prosecutor Forfeiture-Training), is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documentation being on file with the official records of the March 20, 2024 meeting of the Governmental Operations Committee of this Board).