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City Attorney’s Office 2020 Budget
As recommended by Mayor Frey on August 15, 2019
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City of Minneapolis
Department Overview
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City Attorneys Office 2020 Budget As recommended by Mayor Frey on - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
City Attorneys Office 2020 Budget As recommended by Mayor Frey on - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
City Attorneys Office 2020 Budget As recommended by Mayor Frey on August 15, 2019 September 12, 2019 Department Overview September 12, 2019 City of Minneapolis Who we are and what we do September 12, 2019 Who we are and what we do
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Who we are and what we do
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Who we are and what we do
- Civil Division – (Internal Service Fund)
- Responsible for all legal work of the City, such as drafting and advising on ordinances, regulatory and land use matters, contracts, real
estate developments, ethics and employment/ labor relations matters
- Represents the City and, when appropriate, the City’s officials and employees, in all lawsuits and other types of legal proceedings
Examples of Recent Work:
- Minimum Wage and Sick/ Safe Time Ordinances – drafted ordinances and successful defense of both ordinances in Minnesota Court of Appeals (currently
pending before the MN Supreme Court)
- Nicollet Hotel Block Development – negotiated and drafted documents and closed the sale of the property and development terms in August 2019
- Criminal Division – (General Fund)
- Prosecutes all adult crime punishable by up to a year in jail
- Handles over 15,000 cases per year
- Focus on prevention and innovation to achieve more effective outcomes, while implementing system reforms:
Example:
- Pathways to New Beginnings – community-based, trauma-informed alternative programming in lieu of jail for persons charged with
carrying a weapon without a permit
- Program is being adopted by the County Attorney’s Office and Hennepin Juvenile Court for 16-17 year old offenders
- Being nationally recognized and studied as a promising practice in preventing gun violence
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City of Minneapolis
2020 Current Service Level
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Current Service Level Changes – 2019 to 2020
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Program name 2019 adopted 2020 Current Service Level Change
General fund Other funds FTEs General fund Other funds FTEs % Description Criminal Justice $10,691,000 $335,000 66.80 $10,875,353 $341,000 65.80 1.7% Discretionary budget remains the same. Increases are due to standard step increases, promotions and internal service increases. Civil Legal Services
- $8,011,000
47.50
- $8,198,000
47.50 2.3% Discretionary budget remains the same. Any changes have to do with departmental promotions, contractual step increases and internal service increases. Total $10,691,000 $8,346,000 114.30 $10,875,353 $8,539,000 113.30
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City of Minneapolis
2020 Change Items
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Alternative to Cash Bail
Due to reforms already implemented by our office and the Court, most Minneapolis defendants arrested for misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors (excluding domestic and DUI cases) are released from jail without cash bail. There is a group of individuals, however, who have cash bail imposed because of a record of failure to appear for required court hearings. This funding will be used to provide additional supports to these individuals so that they will appear for court hearings and can be released pretrial without cash bail. This will also allow the
- pportunity to connect them earlier with social
services, as appropriate, on a voluntary basis. The pilot will be similar to a successful model in use in several districts within New York City. The CAO will contribute $25,000, bringing total funding to $100,000.
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2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue
- Expense
75
- Net Impact
75
- Above Figures Shown in 000s of dollars
FTE
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Develop Trauma-Informed Domestic Violence Programming
Building on the work of the City Attorney’s Office around domestic violence prevention, this added funding will be used in two ways: (1) Expand on our Reach-out initiative (in violent crime hot spots) to ensure a proactive response is available for families who have experienced domestic violence; this will be in partnership with the MPD Community Navigators and will involve work with communities on alternative resources to a law enforcement response if the need can be more appropriately met by a different resource; and (2) Evaluate court-ordered and other available battering programs to ensure that trauma- informed, culturally-specific programming is identified and available regardless of ability to pay. The CAO will contribute $25,000, bringing total funding to $100,000.
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2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue
- Expense
75
- Net Impact
75
- Above Figures Shown in 000s of dollars
FTE
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Victim Witness Specialist
In 2017, the CAO applied for and received a grant jointly from the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. This grant enabled the CAO to improve its crime victim services for non-English speaking crime victims and increase its ability to engage in greater
- utreach in the community and to train other
allied professionals about the criminal justice system response to domestic violence. The CAO has been awarded an extension of this grant for 2020, but needs continuation of an unfunded FTE for 2020.
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2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue
- Expense
- Net Impact
- Above Figures Shown in 000s of dollars
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Base Cut
A $50,000 base cut has been applied to the City Attorney’s Office operating budget.
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2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Revenue
- Expense
(50) (50) (50) (50) (50) (50) Net Impact (50) (50) (50) (50) (50) (50)
Above Figures Shown in 000s of dollars
FTE