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Resolution to Approve a Contract with Dawn Farm, Inc. to Provide Drug Abuse Counseling and Rehabilitation Services to 15th Judicial District Court Defendants (Sobriety Court Program) ($140,000.00)
Memorandum
This resolution seeks Council approval for a service contract with Dawn Farm, Inc. for in-patient and out-patient drug abuse counseling and rehabilitation services to 15th Judicial District Court defendants who are participants in the Court’s Sobriety Court program. These services will be funded first by grants from the State Court Administrative Office Drug Court Grant Program and the State Court Administrative Office - Office of Highway Safety Planning Grant Program, then by Court funds budgeted and approved by Council.
Dawn Farm, Inc. received Living Wage and Contract Compliance approval on August 7, 2009.
At the discretion of the City Finance Director, and in accordance with the terms of the funding grant for the Sobriety Court Program, a separate grant account will be established with the City Finance and Administrative Services Area and the Court will take all other necessary steps to assure the effective administration of the contract and its funding grant.
Staff
Prepared by: Keith Zeisloft, Court Administrator
Approved by: Roger Fraser, City Administrator
Body
Whereas, The Michigan Supreme Court State Court Administrative Office has awarded grant funds to the 15th Judicial District Court for in-patient and out-patient drug abuse counseling and rehabilitation services to 15th Judicial District Court defendants who are participants in the Court’s Sobriety Court program;
Whereas, The 15th Judicial District Court has determined that Dawn Farm, Inc. is an appropriate and skilled provider of such services; and
Whereas, It is in the best interests of the City of Ann Arbor and in the best interests of justice to enter into a service contract with Dawn Farm, Inc.;
RESOLVED, That City Council approve a service contract with Dawn Farm, Inc. f...
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