LOUISIANA PUBLIC DEFENDER BOARD

Thursday, February 11, 2010

2:00 P.M.

LSU Law School

1 East Campus Drive

Tucker Room, 3rd Floor

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

Agenda

 

1.       Call to Order and Welcoming Remarks by Chairman

 

2.       Roll Call

 

3.       Review  and Approval of Minutes of December 3, 2009, Board Meeting*

 

4.       Public Comments

 

5.       Report of the Chairman

 

6.       Budget Officer Report Dec 2009 Projection pg1 Dec 2009 Projection pg2

                 a. Request for Emergency Funding for St. Bernard, 34th JDC, in the Amount of $110,000.*

                 b. Request by Grant Defender, 35th JDC, to Reallocate $34,425*

       c. CINC Distribution*

       d. District  33 update – Return of Overhead and Unapproved Salary Increase

       i.    District Defender Asked to Appear

       e. FY 11 Budget Update – Increase of $8 Million Over this Year - Restricted Purposes

       f.  DAF Issued on January 27, 2010  totaled $6,121,957* DAF Voucher

       g.  Meeting with Legislative Auditor and Staff

                                                               i.      Lack of uniform reporting to District Defenders   Possible Joint Training to be given by      Legislative Auditor and LPDB during the Annual District Defender Meeting on Internal Controls and Segregation of Duties. 

 

7.       District Defender Office Overhead Update*

 

8.       26th JDC District Defender Selection Update*

          

           9.    Expansion of the Summer Internship Program*

           10. Discussion on Proposed Resolution, re: Overhead, 60-day Interim Authority*

           11.  Suggested Legislation:*

                  a.  Expediting Juvenile Cases

      b.  Reducing Mandatory Minimum Number of Board Meetings

                        c.   Eliminating Requirement that Three of Meetings be Held Ouside of East Baton Rouge Parish

 

            12. District Defender Training – Mandatory Attendance

                  a.  Supervision/Leadership – Mar. 12-13

                 

            13. BJA

                  a. 14th JDC Criminal Court’s Technical Assistance Project Update

                  b. 41st JDC/Public Defender Office

 

  14. CINC Issues, re: Transition of Children’s Representation to Legal Services

 

  15. NLADA report – 15th JDC

 

  16. Status of Class Action Lawsuit in Calcasieu Parish, Judge Caldwell’s Court (19th JDC)

 

  17. Orleans Caseload

 

  18. State Public Defender Report

 

  19. Scheduling Next Two Board Meetings

 

  20. New Business

 

  21. Adjournment

  

 

                                                                                                                                     *Requires Board Approval